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Evaluating the tough questions and deep responsibilities that emerge on the cutting-edge of potentially transformational innovation.

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Feature Story

Biologists are Growing Mini-Brains. What If They Become Conscious?

Ethical questions abound as the research advances

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Opinion Essay

Facial Recognition Can Reduce Racial Profiling and False Arrests

With the right regulation, it could be a force for good

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Opinion Essay

The Case for an Outright Ban on Facial Recognition Technology

The tech is dangerous when it’s broken – and even more dangerous when it works

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Opinion Essay

Growing Human Organs Inside Pigs Could Save Lives, But the U.S. Won’t Fund the Research

Ethical concerns about human-animal chimera research might be dramatically overblown