In current scientific research, there appears to be a replication crisis in which results of publications cannot be replicated. While this may not impact the validity of the research, it creates looming questions and uncertainties for the products of that research going forward, and innovation in the space as a whole.
View More The Replication Crisis: Issues in Scientific Research
With the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, much uncertainty has been injected into the conversation about booster vaccines — from questions about who should get them and when, to the matter of how using vaccine doses as boosters in the U.S. can prevent lower-income countries from receiving first dose supplies.
View More Omicron Variant Causes Public Health Officials to Rethink Vaccine Booster Recommendations
Europe’s energy crisis this winter has forced countries into an increased reliance on fossil fuels; is there a way to make sure everyone has their energy needs met without worsening carbon emissions?
View More Europe’s Emerging Energy Crisis
The damaging effects of climate change are not distributed equally among the world’s nations — those who pollute the least bear more of the burden, so are these countries owed reparations for their losses? If so, who should pay?
View More Climate Change Reparations: Who Should Carry the Cost?
Facebook’s rebrand as Meta signals the beginning of a new era for the tech giant, but is it all just a distraction from the company’s recent negative press?
View More Into the Metaverse: Facebook’s Big Rebrand
A coalition of building professionals has recommended widespread structural recertification and building safety inspections to the Florida state legislature as a result of the Surfside condominium collapse.
View More Revising Building Safety Standards
In a revolutionary feat of science, medicine, and engineering, surgeons at NYU have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human. However, as biotech companies rush to develop suitable animal organs for transplants, we must address the ethical concerns behind xenotransplantation.
View More Surgeons Perform First Successful Pig-to-Human Transplant Using a Genetically-Engineered Animal
A Facebook whistleblower has come forward alleging that the parent company of Instagram knew that the social media app causes major harm to the mental health of its users but has refused to act on this research and instead continues to insist that these effects are minimal or non-existent.
View More Protecting the Mental Health of Instagram Users
Apple has faced a lawsuit over their in-app payment policies, and recently filed an appeal to delay the judge’s decree that they allow app developers to direct users to third-party payment platforms — but do they have an ethical justification for this?
View More Apple’s Control of the App Market
Some people in the U.S. are now eligible for a booster COVID vaccine, but is it ethical to get a third dose while vast swaths of the globe have yet to receive their first?
View More The Third Dose Debate