Hank Greely
I'm a Stanford law prof. I work on ethical, legal, and social issues arising from biosciences. I had a book come out last May: The End of Sex. (Don't worry)
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The N.Y.P.D. Has 82,473 People in a DNA Database. Many Have No Idea.
The DNA database has become a powerful tool for law enforcement but operates with little if any oversight.
Hank Greely
The unregulated, unknown NY City forensic DNA database nytimes.com/2019/08/15/nyr⊠How many more of these there are? @andrealroth has a GREAT article in the Calif L Rev on a huge one in Orange Co., Calif. californialawreview.org/print/spit-and⊠I'm ok w/a regulated universal database; not this.
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âSpit and Acquitâ: Prosecutors as Surveillance Entrepreneurs â California Law Review
Hank Greely
The unregulated, unknown NY City forensic DNA database nytimes.com/2019/08/15/nyr⊠How many more of these there are? @andrealroth has a GREAT article in the Calif L Rev on a huge one in Orange Co., Calif. californialawreview.org/print/spit-and⊠I'm ok w/a regulated universal database; not this.
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Scotland generating enough wind energy to power two Scotlands
âAmazing figuresâ highlight consistency of wind energy in Scotland, say campaigners
âWe were not prepared for any of thisâ: Fertility clinics struggle with a growing number of abandoned embryos
The dilemma over what to do with embryos cast aside, and who should assume ownership of them, is a thorny one.
The NIH Is Bypassing Tribal Sovereignty to Harvest Genetic Data From Native Americans
NIHâs plan to collect DNA from Native Americans without properly consulting them is âbiocolonialism,â Indigenous leaders say, arguing that tribes must be in control of their data.
Million-person U.S. study of genes and health stumbles over including Native American groups
Tribes worry about open-ended studies of data from their members
The sad truth about happiness scales
You might feel sad after looking closer at studies about happiness. That's because an emotion that's easy to experience is immensely difficult to measure, says Purdue University economist Timothy Bond.
Transamerica Pyramid for sale
Transamerica Corporation will keep naming rights on onetime tallest SF tower
The Law and Ethics of Fetal Burial Requirements for Reproductive Health Care
This Viewpoint discusses the 2019 Box v Planned Parenthood US Supreme Court ruling that upheld an Indiana provision mandating that abortion facilities bury or cremate fetal remains, characterizing the law as a âtargeted restrictionâ law intended to...
Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law
Who gets to decide what gets blasted into space?
NOAA Data Confirms July Was Hottest Month Ever Recorded
Data from federal researchers confirmed that July was the hottest month on record, edging out the previous record-holder, July 2016.
A Tissue Sample From 1966 Held Traces of Early HIV
To understand the virusâs history, a team worked to reconstruct its genome from a time before anyone knew the virus existed.
Kary B. Mullis, 74, Dies; Found a Way to Analyze DNA and Won Nobel
His discovery created a new world of possibilities in diagnosing disease, unearthing the past and assisting in criminal cases, including O.J. Simpsonâs murder trial.
Neuroimaging-based pain biomarkers: definitions, clinical... : PAIN Reports
, such applications have seen little advancement. However, recent developments in identifying brain-based biomarkers of pain through advances in technology and multivariate pattern analysis provide some optimism. Here, we (1) define and review the...
Hank Greely
Continuing my collection of odd pub venues for a law professor - Pain Reports. Mostly Sean Mackey (Stanford colleague) & Katherine Martucci (former Stanford post-doc, now at Duke) on neural biomarkers for pain, but some law/ethics from me. I learned a lot!
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July Was Hottest on Record
Heat waves boosted the global average temperature as July became the hottest month world-wide in data spanning more than a century, with the extreme weather mostly attributable to climate change, federal scientists said.
Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland
The idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland has captured President Trumpâs imagination, according to people familiar with the deliberations, who said Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the...
âSomeone will get hurtâ: Whistleblower alleges major problems in UCSDâs human research protections program
An anonymous whistleblower is claiming that UC San Diego, one of the top research universities in th...
âThis will be catastrophicâ: Maineâs dual demographic shifts give a preview of nationâs future â The Washington Post
The disconnect between Maineâs aging population and its need for young workers is expected to be mirrored throughout the country, demographic experts say.
Why The Question Of What's Going To Happen To Jeffrey Epstein's Money Is So Complicated
In the wake of Jeffrey Epsteinâs death, there are numerous disturbing issues about the possibility of justice for his victims.