The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cracked down on lead-based products—including lead paint and leaded gasoline—in the 1970s because of its toxic effects on human health. Scientists at the ...
When Samantha Rudman agreed to participate in a large and innovative Australian research study, she didn’t expect that it ...
A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, ...
The involvement of animals in supporting human mental health has deep roots, with documented examples of animals providing ...
A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.
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As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it can be hard to know where to focus in trying to understand the changing world. Still, it is important to have thought-provoking ...
Objectives Ethical compliance of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) documented as ethics committee (EC) approval is vital for participant protection but is often overlooked by evidence synthesis ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly has been integrated into nearly all facets of life, raising many pressing ethical issues regarding the design and use of AI and its resultant impacts on human ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: A general view of the Google DeepMind offices after the announcement that Founder and CEO Demis Hassabis and senior research scientist, John M. Jumper, received the 2024 ...
San Francisco’s Public Ethics Commission laid out dozens of corruption charges against Sheryl Davis, the city’s former Human Rights Commission head, on Thursday, as part of an ongoing investigation ...
Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...