Responsible Conduct of Research

  • Read more: Harvard Effective Altruism: George Church this Monday

    Harvard Effective Altruism: George Church this Monday

    From Harvard College Effective Altruism: The Risks of Biotechnology, with George Church Monday, Oct. 20, 5.30pm, Sever 102 Genetic manipulations can reintroduce extinct viruses or create viruses much deadlier than ever before. What are the dangers associated with biotechnology? Can a mistake in a lab lead to a global pandemic? Can this technology be used…

  • Read more: Good news for many South African HIV patients—with a big glitch

    Good news for many South African HIV patients—with a big glitch

    On Wednesday, South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that, as of January 2015, HIV-positive patients in the country would start receiving free antiretroviral treatment once their CD4 count fell below 500, instead of current threshold of less than 350. Some patient groups would start receiving antiretrovirals immediately upon being diagnosed with HIV infection, regardless…

  • Read more: Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn highlights X-risk

    Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn highlights X-risk

    By Nir Eyal Young people often assume that their life expectancies will remain what life expectancy is today—although life expectancy will grow by the time they are old. When all of us imagine our futures, we often neglect to take account of radical technologies which were not foreseeable prior to their invention, just as the internet…

  • Read more: HHIP: Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype, talks on responsible technology development

    HHIP: Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype, talks on responsible technology development

    So You Want to be a Technology Developer… The roots of Skype go back to one email. If that email hadn’t been sent, the world today might be different. In general, technology development is not something that “just happens” — instead, it’s a result of particular actions by individual people. Moreover, the responsibility of technology…