Ethics

Humans are forever altering these mythical islands through unnatural selection. Rewilding them entails finding a delicate balance between the needs of turtles, tourists—and local residents.

As organ-on-a-chip technology comes of age, the bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 2.0 would remove the requirement that new drugs must undergo animal testing before human clinical trials.

The artist and writer is thinking about multiple intelligences, life at the end of the future, and new ways of being.

An insider’s view of the effort to decode and model the entire immune system.

Our writer unpacks the data behind the new vaccines and wonders what happened to nuance in the CDC’s recommendations.

Genetic engineer Samira Kiani on what she wants from gene editing tools.

Workforce diversity, collective oversight, and day-to-day algorithm monitoring are all necessary to mitigate inherent bias.

Male contraceptive gels, “night-before” pills that disrupt ovulation, and the brave future of human contraception.

Xenotransplantation could save lives and money—but is it ethical?

With Exit International’s new Sarco suicide pod and experimental AI, the future of assisted suicide is ripe for disruption.