As the SARS-CoV-2 spread around the world and became a pandemic, countries around the world handled it differently. Some went into a total lockdown, while others went about life as if nothing was happening. Two science communicators - Robyn Ramsden from New Zealand and Adam Phillips from Japan - talk about their perspectives on how the countries where they live handled the start of the pandemic.

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In a 1987 series called "Ethics in America," Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree presented the following hypothetical situation. You are an American reporter covering a future war and embedded with enemy troops who are about to attack American soldiers. What do you do? Do you warn the Americans or do you continue covering the event? NYU journalism graduate students Natalia Borecki and David Latchman discuss the ethical implications of covering this event and the role of journalists covering war.

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In the summer of 2015, a hacker group calling themselves the "Impact Team" went on a moral crusade against the social entertainment company Avid Life Media that ran a number of illicit dating sites, including the Ashley Madison extramarital dating site. The hackers gained access to the Ashley Madison database which accounted for some 37 million users worldwide. In this episode we explore the ethical dilemma of reporting on the hack and publishing the database.

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