2 d. ago Giant asteroid swarm near Venus could pose ‘invisible threat’ to Earth, scientists warn

Scientists suspect many asteroids around Venus are obscured from our view due to the Sun’s glare

Events

3 d. ago Ethical questions swarm scientists after discovery that could wipe out pesky mosquitoes

Researchers have developed a killer STD and gene editing techniques to deal with the winged blood-suckers

Events

2 w. ago Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-sectionThe fetus of a brain dead Georgia woman who is being kept alive to carry out her pregnancy is continuing to grow, the woman’s mother said late Monday, days after the controversial case exploded into the national news and sparked questions about the ethics of using the state’s anti-abortion law to keep a woman with no chance of recovery on life support.“He has his toes, arms, limbs – everything is forming,” the mother, April Newkirk, told the local news station 11Alive. “We’re just hoping he makes it.” Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago New ‘historically accurate’ digital replica will allow films to be set within Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Memorial has created the model ‘to provide the industry with credible resources’, but it raises ethical questions over what type of films could be set thereThe Auschwitz Memorial has launched a “historically accurate” digital replica of the former concentration camp for filmmakers to set their pictures in, breaking a long-held taboo around shooting features at the grounds where an estimated 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazi regime.At the Cannes film festival on Thursday, he organisers of the Picture from Auschwitz project said they have harnessed “cutting-edge 3D scanning technologies” to build a digital model of the concentration camp that matches the site in its current state “down to every single brick”. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago Trump 2.0 takes quid pro quo fears to new heights with $400m flying grift

Accepting a ‘gift’ of a luxury jet from Qatar is just the most eye-catching of the president’s ethically questionable actsUS politics live – latest updatesFox & Friends, the show beamed into millions of rightwing Americans’ homes every morning, is not generally considered to be the place where Donald Trump faces the tough questions. The “& Friends” in the show’s title gives that away.But on Monday morning, the show’s co-host Brian Kilmeade put the billion-dollar question to the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. News had just broken that Trump had decided to accept a gift of a $400m luxury jumbo jet from the government of Qatar, a petro-state which the president once denounced as a “funder of terrorism”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver slams 'controversial' new show on Loose Women as 'dangerous'

The actress questioned the ethics of Channel 4's latest series

Politics