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In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move
Imagine you are shopping in your favorite grocery store. As you approach the dairy aisle, you are sent a push notification in your phone: “10 percent off your favorite yogurt! Click here to redeem your coupon.” You considered buying yogurt on your last trip to the store, but you decided... Read more -
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Social network should be broken up
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, said the government must hold the social networking giant accountable after a series of missteps and break it up. In an opinion piece published by The New York Times, Hughes said he feels "a sense of anger and responsibility" for Facebook's direction,... Read more -
Assessing the Ethical (and Unethical) Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence technology — intelligent machines that work and react like humans — is increasingly becoming part of everyday life, prompting Pope Francis to ask the Pontifical Academy for Life to dedicate the next two years to ethical questions posed by the technology. In a... Read more -
Christians to Science: Leave Animals the Way God Designed Them—Except Mosquitoes
When asked about five ways that science can use genetic engineering on animals, many Americans express a reticence to mess with nature or “God’s plan.” Except when it comes to mosquitoes. A new survey released today by the Pew Research Center finds 7 in 10 Americans support genetically... Read more -
Teens are requesting plastic surgery to look like Snapchat filters
Boston, Mass., Aug 12, 2018 / 04:56 pm (CNA).- Social media is increasingly making teens dissatisfied with their appearance and obsessed with achieving a filtered version of “perfection,” even going so far as to pursue plastic surgery, say medical professionals. Dr. Neelam Vashi, director... Read more -
The fertility doctor who impregnated a patient – and the ethics of procreation
Denver, Colo., Apr 6, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A woman who discovered that her biological father is the fertility doctor who helped her mother conceive has filed a lawsuit against him. A leading bioethicist says the case points to the risk of devastation posed by artificial methods of... Read more -
Genetic modification of embryos: The truth behind the research
Nearly two decades ago, in an attempt to increase funding for research on embryonic stem cells, scientists and patient-advocacy groups enlisted patients suffering from a range of debilitating diseases, from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis. Promising the possibility of a “cure” if only we... Read more -
The escalation of pornography: a ten-year update
Recently, for a talk in Chicago to parents of high school boys, I had to update my knowledge based on a 2009 review of the effects of pornography. On this issue the world has changed a lot in less than ten years: the use of pornography has escalated and the effects are alarming. The most... Read more -
The Church wrestles with transhumanism
For centuries people have looked to words spoken by God in the Bible’s first book for clarity on what it means to be human: “Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness” (Gn 1:26). Consistent with the thinking reflected there, human nature, created by God in his image, is... Read more -
First U.S. baby born from transplanted womb
For the first time in the United States, a woman born without a uterus gave birth to a healthy baby, according to a report released last Friday. The woman, who remains anonymous, was part of a small trial studying uterine transplantation and pregnancy in women with Absolute Uterine Factor... Read more