Mink could be just the start

How Just Could a Robot War Be?

While modern states may never cease to wage war against one another, they have recognized moral restrictions on how they conduct those wars. These “rules of war” serve several important functions in regulating the organization and behavior of military forces, and shape political debates, negotiations, and public perception. While the world has become somewhat accustomed to the increasing techno...

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

Just lip prints? No: there could be something else.

(Don't) just start running.

As a student, participation in the 24-h Estafette Run was something that was decided upon the day before the start; however, as Bucks Fizz (former British Eurovision triumphs, not champagne!) would suggest; ‘now those days are gone.’ Nowadays, with the body no longer as fit as the mind, one tends to take a more considered approach. We recommend that instead of waiting for the passing of another...

Distinctions between dopamine transporter antagonists could be just around the bend.

Abuse of psychostimulants such as cocaine and amphetamines has a tremendous social and economic impact. Although replacement therapies are offered for addiction to opioids, nicotine, and alcohol, there is no approved replacement treatment for psychostimulant addiction. Recent studies on an emerging group of benztropine- and rimcazole-based compounds provide hope that replacement therapies for c...