Category Science and Technology
The NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness: New or Very Old News?
Andrew Fenton examines the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness with an eye to a previous declaration and some current animal law and policies concerning scientific animal use.
Vaccines Treating Cancer: Would Anti-Vaxxers Change their Minds?
Chris Kaposy wonders about the impact of mRNA vaccines that treat cancer on the anti-vaccine movement.
AI’s Quiet (R)evolution in Healthcare
Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon discusses the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare and emphasizes the need for sustained ethical engagement to address AI’s deep-seated impacts.
Why Medical Students Should Learn the History of Unit 731
Serena Yu argues that incorporating culturally and geographically diverse examples of medical atrocities into medical school curriculum helps train students to be ethically vigilant in ways that are respectful of forgotten histories.
Putting the “Eh” in AI: Changing Landscapes in Canadian Research
Dylan McKibbon raises the question of how the use of generative AI might impact research ethics and advocates for AI built specifically for medical research in Canada.
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