Even if they roboticists solve the privacy and security problems of droid sex, society is going to have to answer a very hard question: Can you consent to sex with a robot? Can it consent to having sex with you?
For a decade, the government has been working on a revision for grant applications. It’s finally done. It’s ethical, sensible, and a big enough pain that it might actually hurt science.
For a decade, the government has been working on a revision for grant applications. It’s finally done. It’s ethical, sensible, and a big enough pain that it might actually hurt science.
The answers to impolite but salient questions about personal health aren’t, it turns out, straightforward—for anyone, not just a president.
Scientists are learning how to predict deadly mudslides. (After fires, when enough rain comes.) The next step: Figuring out how bad they’ll be.
The past year was one of the worst on record for natural disasters. Blame greenhouse gases, and start planning for a hotter future.
Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020. That might not happen, but the technical issues aren't going away.
A Princeton sociologist wants to use your digital data to solve some of the hardest research problems in social science.
Southern California was a tinderbox even before it was a megalopolis. Add urban sprawl and a booming population and you get infernos every year.
Scientific search engines are the Napster of academic papers—and they're only getting more powerful.
