In a little over ten years, organoid models—miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs—have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug ...

How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues ...

In a world where artificial intelligence, climate change, epidemics and more compete for our concern, the need for people who ...

No one expects a keyboard, a hammer or a scalpel to have built-in ethical standards that guide its work. Only the users of such tools can chart those paths. But artificial intelligence (AI) — the term ...

Centers at UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge will train scientists to be aware of the ethical and societal impacts of scientific discoveries and to engage the public in early and intentional ...

For many, the coronavirus pandemic made clear how much technology has infiltrated aspects of our work and home lives—from Zoom calls and classes, to ordering groceries online and streaming ...

Universities around the world are taking steps alongside major technology companies to explore ways to bolster ethics education in the artificial intelligence field in line with an initiative ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Artificial intelligence (AI) is a concept that gets batted around freely ...

In recent weeks, we’ve told you about efforts to explore and map the human brain through tissue donations, and the troubling tale of a bionic eye implant startup that left users without tech support.

Last year, Nick Franks published a paper that kicked off an almighty row over the biology of what happens to the brain during sleep (Nat. Neurosci., DOI:10.1038 ...