This course on strategic empathy, led by instructors like Amaryllis Fox and Liv Boeree, teaches participants to understand opposing viewpoints through "Red Teaming," while addressing cognitive biases and emphasizing the importance of historical context, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making in complex global issues.

"Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain," writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.

A researcher weighs in on who’s accountable, when and why, in the eyes of the law — and whether the measures work as intended.

The preservation and celebration of life, and not greed, should be our primary decision-making value. 

University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders.

Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?

It's us.

Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?

"Lethal autonomous weapon" sounds friendlier than "killer robot."

While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.

Ideas often taken for granted in the United States and Europe about what it means to be a person are, quite simply, not shared with other cultures.

82% of professionals say they'd take a lower-paying job to work for an organization with more ethical business practices. This is just one of the reasons to offer ethics training for employees.

Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?

Moral dilemmas reveal the limitations of ethical principles. Oddly, the most principled belief system might not have any principles at all.

Will all robots think like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg?

People rarely question their own moral compass. But do you know what shapes yours?

Plus, how the mycelium network’s destruction could, physically, actually end life in the Universe. Imagine taking a seemingly impossible journey: traveling to another Universe on a network of biological spores […]