

If Kardie Lee’s daughter had to be fully vaccinated to enroll in school, the choice was simple, she felt: Her daughter would not attend school
Quick ReadIf Kardie Lee’s daughter had to be fully vaccinated to enroll in school, the choice was simple, she felt: Her daughter would not attend school
Quick ReadArtificial intelligence systems are powerful tools for businesses and governments to process data and respond to changing situations, whether on the stock market or on a battlefield. But there are still some things AI isn’t ready for
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Want to Live Longer?August 31, 2018 |
Consider the ethics. Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally – may one day be possible
Quick ReadHe wants to give it away for free. A Harvard scientist thinks he’s reached a new milestone: a genetic test that help identify people who are at high risk of heart attacks. Can he convince doctors to use it?
Quick ReadPeople with multiple sclerosis sometimes become desperate and will travel to other countries for experimental stem cell treatments. That’s not always a good idea
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The Uncertain Future of Genetic TestingJuly 18, 2017 |
Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis and personalised treatment – but not for all. Carrie Arnold meets families for whom gene testing has led only to unanswered questions
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Is the ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ an Ethical Choice for Voters?August 12, 2016 |
Moral philosophy meets politics as our Travis Rieder explores whether we can be morally obligated to vote for someone we dislike in order to avoid greater harms
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Experts Argue That Cancer Screening Doesn’t Save LivesJanuary 7, 2016 |
An analysis recently published in The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is not a condemnation of cancer screening itself. It’s more a condemnation of how we present cancer screening
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