BIOETHICS
The End of Impairment?
Drugs that improve attention or prevent fatigue raise ethical questions in many workplace settings. But what about hospitals, where med students can supply themselves with the pills that let them work harder?
BIOETHICS
Is Michael Phelps A Sonic Doper?
There are lots of righteous rationales for being against doping, but only one stands up to real scrutiny: the rules say it is not allowed.
Doping Difficulties
The line between legal and illegal performance enhancement is unclear, and our ability to detect illegal enhancement is even shakier.
Leveling the Playing Field: The Olympics, Doping, and the Enhancement Debate
The opening of the Beijing Olympics this Friday has provided another occasion for much public reflection on the ethics of sports doping. It is not hard to imagine that betting pools will be created not only on the number of medals won in this Olympiad, but also on the number of medals withdrawn due to doping rules violations.
Brain Enhancement Makes its Way into the Workplace
From an online survey of Nature readers comes data suggesting that a significant number of scientists and engineers use drugs for the non-medical purpose of increasing productivity and brain power.
Nature NeuroPod: Neuroscience Meets Military Technology
Jonathan Moreno tells Nature podcast host Kerri Smith about what happens when neuroscience meets warfare. Be prepared for soldiers who don’t need sleep and detainees who can be chemically induced to trust their captors.
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