Artificial wombs one small step closer
British scientists have developed an artificial womb in which they have grown mouse embryos. A Nottingham University team led by professor of tissue engineering, Kevin...
The Brave New World vs 1984 debate
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a touchstone for much commentary on contemporary bioethical debates, from moral enhancement to genetic engineering to assisted reproduction. Published...
Towards a cure for racism?
Can you cure racism with drugs? Probably not, but a common heart disease medication, propranolol, can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, Oxford University...
Conservatives more likely to be psychopaths, says Florida prof
A new study in the journal Neuroethics claims that socially conservative views are between 5 to 30 times more likely to be related to anti-social...
Bioethics, a profession plagued by doubts
With two Italian/Australian bioethicists under attack in the media around the globe over the moral permissibility of infanticide, there are signs of the collywobbles in...
Study hits back at “genopolitics”
A couple of years ago political scientists from the University of California at San Diego made a media splash with their theory (published in Science!)...