From the Editor: 85.3 Controversies & Ethics in Science
The theme for Issue 85.3 of the Yale Scientific is controversy and ethics in science.
William Zhang
May 10, 2012
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The theme for Issue 85.3 of the Yale Scientific is controversy and ethics in science.
Yale researcher Wendell Wallach considers the ethical, technical, and legal difficulties of creating machines that are capable of moral decision-making.
Bioethicist and Yale Professor Dr. Robert Levine believes that use of placebos in clinical research is ethical, but only under the right circumstances.
Dr. Judson Brewer of the Yale Medical School has shown that meditation decreases activity of the parts of the mind associated with self-referential processing and mind-wandering.
Yale Professors Jack Harris and Leonid Glazman developed a new detector to settle a decades-old debate about the existence and nature of non-dissipating quantum currents.
Psychology Brian Scholl has developed new methods to quantitatively study how humans perceive even simple objects as animate, focusing on the detection of chasing behavior.
Dr. Nihal de Lanerolle, a neurosurgeon at Yale Medical School and Chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Yale, offers a perspective in which science and religion can work together.
Why a sudden reversal of your compass to point South is part of a natural phenomenon.
Sunscreen is a ubiquitous part of our culture, but how does it actually work?
Ritalin and Adderall are two of the most popular neuroenhancing drugs, and though they may have real effects on memory and attention, their other health effects are still difficult to assess.