James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
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The lessons students learn from dissecting donor bodies go beyond anatomy – and they try to pay that gift forward.
Behavior-based interventions could boost conservation efforts, but raise their own set of tricky ethical issues.
From Aristotle to Darwin, inaccurate and biased narratives in science not only reproduce these biases in future generations but also perpetuate the discrimination they are used to justify.
Scientists join their profession with the hope their research will benefit humanity. But many still inadvertently exploit local collaborators or communities as cheap labour.
Nature’s recent efforts to redefine the ethical responsibilities of scientists leave a lot to be desired.
Trump doesn’t just ignore science, he attacks it. Australia’s experts have an obligation to speak out on crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means picking a side in our politics.
CRISPR technology could have momentous effects if it’s used to edit genes that will be inherited by future generations. Researchers and ethicists continue to weigh appropriate guidelines.
Scientists and ethicists have called for a five-year moratorium on editing human genes that will pass on to future generations. Yes, society needs to figure out how to proceed – but is this the best way?
The Montréal Declaration calls for the responsible development of artificial intelligence. A world expert explains why scientists must choose how their expertise will benefit society.
In an era of big scientific collaborations, China’s renegade actions have hurt its reputation. As international researchers back away, it may be the country’s military that ultimately suffers.
Researchers funded by VW, Daimler and BMW are accused of testing diesel fumes on monkeys and humans.
Killing insects, as the Big Wasp Survey asked people to do, contributed to many vital advances in science.
A world first study shows CRISPR can remove a target gene from early stage human embryos. But with the advance in science come weighty ethical dilemmas.
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Professor of Ethics, Keele University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Professor of Conservation Ecology, University of Gloucestershire
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Science Strategy and Operations Manager, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
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Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor, History & Philosophy of Science program, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Associate Professor of Anatomy, Howard University
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Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professeur titulaire, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney
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Director of Research, Special Projects, President's Office, Bryn Mawr College