Science

As the audiences and prizes for eSports continue to grow, the sport faces key ethical and regulatory challenges in building its legitimacy.

It's not just liberals. Conservatives have a compelling reason to support the Affordable Care Act's mandate that most people purchase health insurance.

Will artificially intelligent sex dolls mitigate crimes like rape and pedophilia, or make them worse?

In the United Kingdom, a battle between a sick child's parents and the child's doctors raises questions of parental rights and responsibilities.

Debates around psychiatrists' role in the political sphere have taken on new life under Donald Trump's presidency.

A computer's victory over a world champion of Go marks yet another advancement towards increasingly complex AI.

How should societies balance the medical roots of addiction while addressing the social damage it causes?

Intern Kiara Goodwine documents her experience at the 2017 People's Climate March.

Developing artificial womb technologies stand to challenge some of the key questions around the abortion debate.

The FBI shut down a site spreading child pornography. Then, they kept the site running for two weeks to track those who visited.

Held on Earth Day, the March for Science reveals the complex overlap between empirical science and political ideology.

On finding consciousness in bees and the subsequent ethical implications.

What does the examination of Charles Byrne's body after death, against his wishes, say about respecting the dead?

Nurses from developing countries often leave for jobs in the United States or the United Kingdom, leaving the healthcare systems of their home countries struggling.

On the benefits and consequences of a federal sugar tax.

As artificial intelligence continues to develop, philosophy offers two possible criteria for granting robots rights.

Should the federal government label homeopathic over-the-counter treatments as ineffective?

A controversial method of treating children with autism raises questions about the motives behind aversion therapy.

Hiding vegetables in processed foods or from children negative effect on developing healthy eating habits and long-term nutrition.

Cryonics, the freezing of a dead body with the hope of later revival, is a controversial practice, but might be worth the risk for some of the dead.