By Joshua D. Glawson In today’s discussions surrounding ethics, morality, and money, one recurring theme is the clash between Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy and Christian…
By Rafe S. Klinger Prearranged Euthanasia gets medical stamp of approval with questionable new Quebec law. The government of Quebec has quietly greenlit provincial doctors…
By Mark Tsagas, University of East London As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more powerful – even being used in warfare – there’s an urgent need…
By David Bell International public health operates around a clear set of dogmas, protected by maintaining taboos on discussion of subjects that might undermine them….
By Michael Snyder When I first started researching this, I could hardly believe that it was true. A company in Switzerland known as “Final Spark”…
By Kate Kheel of Safe Tech International Technology and AI are different from other inventions such as the nuclear bomb or gene editing which are…
By The Conversation The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. Can researchers solve its greatest mysteries? In the middle of 2023, a…
By Derrick Broze The use of artificial intelligence is quickly expanding in the legal arena, but what are the implications of “robot” attorneys and plaintiffs…
Mark Tsagas, University of East London Interest in the incorporation of robots into security, policing and military operations has been steadily increasing over the last…
By Emily Thompson Iran’s morality police are once again under fire, this time over the beating of a young 16-year-old girl. According to the Norway-based…
By Rónán Kennedy, University of Galway Science fiction’s visions of the future include many versions of artificial intelligence (AI), but relatively few examples where software…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath As much as we have tried to fuse science with medicine, much of the practice of medicine is not scientifically based….
By Angela Thornton, University of Nottingham The idea that our mind could live on in another form after our physical body dies has been a…
By Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it’s hard to avoid – even…