A new database tells the stories of victims of forced medical research during the Nazi era. What role do the specimens and findings from that time play in modern medicine and research?Forced medical ...
The specter of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study inevitably looms over talk of human subjects in medical research. The well-known case involved the U.S. Public Health Service, which, from 1932 to 1972, ...
One hundred experiments placed humans head-to-head with some of the most advanced robots ever built. Each test measured speed, strength, logic, creativity, and adaptability under pressure. Some ...
Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions, announced today the extensive suite of science and research experiments the crew and SpaceX will conduct throughout ...
In the Arizona desert, a vast glass structure sits far from cities and farmland. It was built to test an idea that once seemed urgent and uncertain. C.
Through Artemis, NASA astronauts are returning to the Moon in preparation for one day going to Mars. To better prepare astronauts for these long journeys, scientists need to know: How do extended ...
Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ownership, similar to the famous "rubber-hand illusion" in humans. "The rubber hand illusion is a staple of the study of body ...
In experiments where horses smelled sweat from scared humans, they reacted to scary and sudden events with increased fear and reduced human interaction ...