Gliding, not searching: Here's how to reset your view of ChatGPT to steer it to better results
ChatGPT can be very useful – if you shift how you view it. The first step is to stop thinking of it as a chatty search engine.
July 21, 2023 • ~8 min
First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
Three Indigenous studies scholars draw from colonial histories and explain why listening for alien life can have ethical ramifications.
July 19, 2023 • ~11 min
Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a developmental biologist and a bioethicist discuss IVF, abortion and the mice with two dads
Scientists can create viable eggs from two male mice. In the wake of CRISPR controversies and restrictive abortion laws, two experts start a dialogue on ethical research in reproductive biology.
July 13, 2023 • ~17 min
By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should keep your distance
A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent example of how trying to help wild animals often harms them.
June 30, 2023 • ~11 min
Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions – yesterday's mode of informed consent doesn't quite fit today's biobank studies
Biobanks collect and store large amounts of data that researchers use to conduct a wide range of studies. Making sure participants understand what they’re getting into can help build trust in science.
June 29, 2023 • ~7 min
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