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The ethics issue: Should we give robots the right to kill?

Robot soldiers that follow orders, unclouded by human emotions, might reduce casualties in conflicts. But who will take responsibility for their actions?

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The ethics issue: Should we give other animals rights?

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Questions raised over 3-parent baby procedure last year

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How to be good: Can science show us how to save the world?

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Obama has finally done the right thing by freeing Manning early

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Moral dilemma: should we reshape society because we can?

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Give your car a conscience: Why driverless cars need morals

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Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

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Required: A moral vision for gene editing

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Computers that can argue will be satnav for the moral maze

Machines that can use facts to present a convincing case could transform the way we make decisions – and help us understand our own rhetoric

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The threat of robot guards is not enough to stop people stealing

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Save the driver or pedestrian? Such robot car dilemmas are folly

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Subsidised egg freezing isn’t the answer to Japan's birth rate

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Life

Why would scientists want to build human genomes from scratch?

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