In a new paper, researchers argue that deliberate full extinction of harmful species like mosquitoes is acceptable, but only rarely.

"Our findings lead us to believe that a computer could technically pass a moral Turing test—that it could fool us in its moral reasoning."

The COVID-19 pandemic altered a long-held convention that doctors provide care regardless of personal risk.

Because tech industry ethics teams lack resources and authority, their effectiveness is spotty at best, according to a new study.

As brain-computer interface technologies become more common, so do questions related to ethics and policy. A new book digs in.

Brain-powered computers would be faster, more efficient, and more powerful than silicon-based computing and AI, researchers say.

Our existing social contract around driving should apply to automated vehicles, say researchers, essentially solving the "trolley problem."

The use of AI in veterinary radiology poses ethical questions, a review argues, because euthanasia is an option for animal patients.

For the first time, tissue donors in a pilot program will be able to anonymously track how scientists use their samples.

What would persuade you to eat less meat? Probably not an appeal to go cold turkey, but perhaps an introduction to being reducetarian.