News tagged with ethical boundaries

Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing

Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Privacy law expert warns of the perils of social reading

The Internet and social media have opened up new vistas for people to share preferences in films, books and music. Services such as Spotify and the Washington Post Social Reader already integrate reading and ...

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Obama plan for spotted owl targets rival bird

(AP) -- To save the imperiled spotted owl, the Obama administration is moving forward with a controversial plan to shoot barred owls, a rival bird that has shoved its smaller cousin aside.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life

(AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker. For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Kids and hackers, oh my! DefCon adds kids track

(AP) -- Fewer things seem out of place at the rough-hewn DefCon hacker convention than a swarm of kids.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Brazen, publicity-seeking hackers on attack spree

(AP) -- Can you be famous if no one knows your name? A new band of hackers is giving it its best shot, trumpeting its cyber-capers in an all-sirens-flashing publicity campaign.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Interview: Dr. Ben Goertzel on Artificial General Intelligence, Transhumanism and Open Source (Part 1/2)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chairman of Humanity+; CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 142 | with audio podcast feature

Birth control prescribed for Hong Kong monkeys

Wild monkeys don't seem to care that Hong Kong is a concrete jungle -- they thrive so well on its fringes that the government has introduced birth control to curb a population boom.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Exploring the future with modern information technology

European researchers are seeking to create a global computer model named FuturICT, a collective analysis platform for a better understanding of the world. The visionary idea is to design this knowledge accelerator ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Student innovator uses sound waves, T-rays for safer detection of bombs

Benjamin Clough is dedicated to making the world a safer place for emergency first responders, police and military personnel, chemical plant employees, and many others. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dilemmas of destiny: Genetic predictors of disease can raise thorny ethical issues

Lila (the patient’s name has been changed) was only in her 20s when she learned that she could be at increased risk for breast cancer. A genetic test had revealed that her mother carried a mutation signaling ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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