Category Archives: Ethics in Science

Authors: Anvith Potluri, Kevin Li, Kevin Nguyen, & Varad Thorat Although it was a combination of several factors, the most important of them that led to the crashes would be the design of the engines. It was discovered that the 737 Max aircraft had larger engines made than according to the designs, which “changed theContinue reading “Blog #5: Boeing 737 MAX”

The Andrew Wakefield case presents a publication to the Lancet that was fueled by unethical/biased behavior with an undermining incentive among the perpetrators. The 1998 publication proposed that MMR vaccines was linked to autism. The underlying factors were not disclosed on how Wakefield came to that conclusion, and the mindset behind the study. 2 yearsContinue reading “Blog #1: The Case of Andrew Wakefield”