A proposed measure in Switzerland would have made it the first country to ban medical and scientific experimentation on animals. It failed to pass in February 2022, with only 21 percent of voters in ...

The commercial spaceflight industry is expanding opportunities for scientific research in space, but the industry needs clear ethical guidelines before human research is ready for liftoff. In a new ...

A new study highlights key challenges and tensions in research ethics, particularly in light of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and calls for the adoption of new research ethics ...

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Oriel Zagazeta is a biology major with a chemistry minor and is a 2022-23 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. The use of stem cells in health care ...

Whether they are providing insights on the innerworkings of cellular pathways or creating new products for everyday use, most scientists likely see their work as having an overall benefit to humanity ...