One species, one planet: The moon is our ethical dress rehearsal for Mars
Bruce Jakosky, Scott Hubbard and their colleagues have given us a masterclass in pragmatic systems engineering. Their recent…
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US…
Researchers are building computers that run on brain organoids — but have neglected a major ethical issue
The workings of the brain are often compared to those of a computer. Some researchers are testing this…
Scientists Inch Closer to Creating Human Sperm in the Lab
Scientists just transformed a living mouse’s kidney into an incubator for developing human sperm made from blood cells.…
Are There Ethical Billionaires? Famed Philosopher Peter Singer Thinks So
A pile of dollar bills. At 80, Peter Singer is still pressing the wealthy to treat money as…
Extreme heat and the limits of tree and forest resilience
Still, C. J. et al. Tree Physiol. 43, 203–209 (2023). Article CAS Google Scholar Sibley, A. et al.…
Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue
Y-shaped biomolecules called antibodies are scientific workhorse tools that researchers use to bind to and track specific proteins.Credit:…
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
OpenAI is throwing its support behind an Illinois state bill that would shield AI labs from liability in…
New Study Shows How Vegans Adapt To ‘Survive’ In A Meat-Eating World
Vegans use several different types of social skills to adapt and “survive” difficulties in a predominantly meat-eating world.…
A multi-dimensional framework for establishing and managing a genomic newborn screening program
The above-described methodology resulted in a multi-dimensional framework for a gNBS program consisting of 18 screening criteria (Table 1)…
Anthropic Releases Updated Constitution for Claude
Anthropic has published an updated constitution for Claude, providing a structured framework that guides behavior, reasoning, and training. The…
Experiencing acute genomic care: perspectives from parents in the neonatal and paediatric intensive care units towards rapid genomic sequencing
Kingsmore SF, Nofsinger R, Ellsworth K. Rapid genomic sequencing for genetic disease diagnosis and therapy in intensive care…