ethics

Exploring the ethics of autonomous vehicles globally and regionally

Massive global survey reveals ethics preferences and regional differences. A massive new survey developed by

Bots can have an invisible influence on social media bringing up an ethical gray area

A trending story on Twitter could mean thousands of people care about an issue-or that

An accurate emotion detector: Is this the kind of world we actually want?

An emotion detector which, potentially, can tell whether a person really finds you attractive on

Synthetic biology needs robust safety mechanisms before real world application

Ethics and technology hold the key to the success of synthetic biology Targeted cancer treatments,

Top Scientists Call For Improved Incentives to Ensure Research Integrity

Scientific controversies, from problems replicating results — such as with the now debunked association between

Will your self-driving car be programmed to kill you?

Imagine you are in charge of the switch on a trolley track. The express is

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data

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How to Erase a Memory – And Restore It

  Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and

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Can software suffer? The complicated ethics of brain emulation

Scientists may be years away from successfully emulating a human or animal brain for research

Emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology

Emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology for 2013 As a new