Will there be a moratorium on gene-editing?
A California family was outraged recently when their grandfather was told that he had very little time to live by a "robot", or rather, what...
Scientists split over value of moratorium on editing the human germline
After the Chinese scandal, there are renewed calls for a global halt Big Stock Photo Stem cell scientists have split over the future of genetic...
Is it ethical to have children as climate Armageddon approaches?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opens up a discussion with her followers Big Stock Photo New York’s celebrity Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently told her 2.7 million followers on...
The robot who will conceive your baby
British IVF pioneer predicts that robots will take over reproduction Big Stock Photos British IVF pioneer Simon Fishel has just published an autobiographical account of...
Spain puts prison psychology experiment on hold
Can prisoners give informed consent? Big Stock Photos The Spanish Interior Ministry has put a halt to psychology experiments on violent prisoners which involved stimulating...
Bedside manner 101: how to deliver very bad news
Probably not with a robot telepresence robot / Big Stock Photo A California family was shocked when Ernest Quintana, a 78-year-old man in intensive care,...
Memo to hospitals: prison wardens do not own their prisoners
An Alabama prisoner died after the warden issued a DNR Big Stock Photos Hospitals should check whether a person issuing a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order...
When research participation pays, some people lie
Even small sums make a differenceBig Stock Photo Offering compensation can be an important tactic to attract potential participants for enrolment in research studies, but...