neuroethics
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‘Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics,’ an excerpt
In their new book, published earlier this week, Giordano and Shook examine how ethics can guide neuroscience research and its real-world applications.
![A brain made up of a matrix of small, predominately blue dots.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1200-landscape-bioethics-brains-shook-giordano-excerpt-1024x683.png)
‘Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics,’ an excerpt
In their new book, published earlier this week, Giordano and Shook examine how ethics can guide neuroscience research and its real-world applications.
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‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
![Grid of black-and-white headshots of neuroscience trainees.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1200-neuroscience-fundees-dei-funding-grants-1024x683.png)
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
AI tool estimates social ability by analyzing speech
The system’s code and training data—drawn from one of the largest databases of speech recordings from autistic people—are openly available.
![A young child in a blue shirt sits in a red chair and speaks to an adult at the edge of the frame.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1200-spectrum-autism-speech-communication-1024x683.png)
AI tool estimates social ability by analyzing speech
The system’s code and training data—drawn from one of the largest databases of speech recordings from autistic people—are openly available.
About-faces in U.S. federal science funding put neuroscientists on edge
“It’s hard to know what’s real,” says neuroscientist Josh Dubnau after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals.
![Image of a disintegrating dollar bill.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1200-diversity-grants-trump-1024x683.webp)
About-faces in U.S. federal science funding put neuroscientists on edge
“It’s hard to know what’s real,” says neuroscientist Josh Dubnau after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals.