What Do We Owe the Octopus?
Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would ..
Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would ..
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university ..
Ethics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But there’s no foolproof way to catch it all yet. ..
In the face of safety risks, experts have tightened the reins on heritable genome editing—but haven’t ruled out using it someday. ..
Astrophysicist and 'Off-Earth' author Erika Nesvold maps out the questions we need to ask before living on other planets. ..
Fakery spans “beautified” data, photoshopped images, and “paper mills.” Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot deceptive research ..
Each year thousands die because there aren’t enough organs for transplants, and I may be one of them. It’s time to start compensating donors. ..
He Jiankui discusses his plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? ..
The project will match the victims’ DNA to that of their descendants—but uses a genealogy website that can be accessed by law enforcement. ..
Stem cell research has underpinned IVF’s success, but legal experts, clinicians, and potential donors worry about its future. ..