With Covid-19 infection rates reaching unprecedented levels, hospitalization rates rapidly rising, and the holiday season approaching, healthcare professionals (as well as many of the rest of us) are ...

For decades, the Turing Test—named after its creator, computing legend Alan Turing—was a simple test designed to measure the ability of a program to mimic a human. In the age of large language models ...

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The coronavirus pandemic has stress-tested the world. Beyond challenging human fortitude, national health services and international rivalries, it has forced a series of moral choices. Many have ...

Is science invading God’s realm? Various denominations respond to the issue of embryonic stem cell research. Major leaps in science often require a new understanding of ourselves and our world. From ...

New citizen swearing allegiance to America. For example, 1000 new immigrants just became citizens at Wrigley Field. But now, U.S. immigrants will have to pass a new good moral character citizenship ...

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The term moral courage refers to a trait that allows people to act on their moral or ethical beliefs in the face of negative consequences. For example, some people blow the whistle and report ...

One of the best things about role-playing games is the immersion that comes from following a character's adventures and feeling like your actions have real weight. Some of the most memorable games are ...

Beyond challenging human fortitude, national health services and international rivalries, it has forced a series of moral choices. Many have provoked impassioned disagreement — over whether ...