Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They’re Not Meant for Humans
Journalists have uncovered a handful of preprint academic studies with hidden prompts instructing A.I. reviewers to give positive responses
This Museum Is Asking Visitors Whether It Should Continue to Display Mummified Human Remains
The Manchester Museum in England is inviting guests to share feedback on Asru, an ancient Egyptian woman whose body was unwrapped 200 years ago
How an Ancestral Peruvian Ceremony Is Saving the Once-Endangered Vicuña
Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear their valuable wool
Recently Rediscovered Book Bound in Human Skin Goes on Display in England
Curators think the volume’s corners and spine are bound in the skin of William Corder, an infamous criminal who was convicted of murder in the late 1820s
Artificial ‘Brain’ Aims to Allow Composer to Keep Making Music Three Years After His Death
Before dying in 2021, Alvin Lucier donated blood for “Revivification,” an installation that generates sound in response to neural signals
The Future of Transplanting Pig Organs in People
After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain
Why Scientists Kept the Birth of Dolly, the World’s First Cloned Mammal, a Secret for Seven Months
The scientific breakthrough, announced on this day in 1997, proved that geneticists could clone an adult mammal, giving rise to a new era of ethical debate and experimentation
Elephants Aren’t People and Can’t Sue to Leave a Zoo, Colorado’s Top Court Rules
The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release under habeas corpus
Officials Ward Off 20,000 Crows With Flares and Lasers in Upstate New York, an Annual Battle Waged in Cities Nationwide
Massive roosts of crows in Rochester leave streets covered in feces, but some “corvid fanatics” aren’t pleased about certain methods for dealing with the birds
You Can Now See Apex, the World’s Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil, on Display at a New York City Museum
The largest and most complete Stegosaurus specimen sold for a record-setting price in July, and it is currently on loan to the American Museum of Natural History for four years
Enormous Stegosaurus Skeleton Called ‘Apex’ Smashes Auction Records and Sells for $44.6 Million
The 150-million-year-old dinosaur became the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction, raising old questions about whether such specimens should be put up for sale
Ansel Adams Estate Condemns Adobe for Selling A.I.-Generated Images Mimicking the Photographer’s Style
The black-and-white landscape dupes, which have since been taken down, violated Adobe’s generative A.I. policies
A Book Bound With Human Skin Spent 90 Years in Harvard’s Library. Now, the Binding Has Been Removed
In the late 19th century, a French physician took the skin, without consent, from a female psychiatric patient who had died
What Newly Digitized Records Reveal About the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease
Viral Lists Reveal Artists Whose Work May Have Trained an A.I. Art Generator
Thousands of painters, cartoonists, sculptors and other creatives are featured in the documents, which reinvigorated debates around copyright infringement and consent
Scientists Created a Monkey With Two Different Sets of DNA
So-called “chimeric” monkeys could help scientists understand human diseases and aid in conservation efforts, but the research raises ethical questions
Lolita the Orca Dies After More Than 50 Years in Captivity
Several groups were working to remove the 7,000-pound creature from the Miami Seaquarium and return her to the ocean at the time of her death
Researchers Create Model Human Embryos Using Stem Cells
The teams hope to learn more about the first few weeks of human development and provide insights into treatments for infertility and diseases
Scientists Can Now Pull Human DNA From Air and Water, Raising Privacy Questions
Environmental DNA helps monitor elusive and endangered animals, but it could be an ethical minefield when used with humans, new study shows
See Tables Crafted From Human Tissue, a Toad With Eggs on Its Back and More at This London Museum
The newly reopened Hunterian Museum acknowledges the ethical quandaries posed by its collection of anatomical specimens
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