Human experimentation made many modern medical advances possible—but history shows what happens when ethics are ignored. Across wars, regimes, and institutions, people were subjected to cruel and ...

A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the ...

New research suggests humans can detect objects without direct contact, using subtle physical cues. Scientists call it a form of “remote touch” that may represent a hidden seventh sense.

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, ...

A new study shows a bonobo can track pretend juice and grapes, suggesting apes also have imagination, not only humans.

NASA is running one of its most intense human experiments yet, sealing six volunteers inside a cramped dome for an entire year. This video explores how extreme isolation, confinement, and ...

AI has passed a new benchmark, scoring better than the average human on a recognized creativity test involving 100,000 people ...

President Trump is trying to save money by terminating leases on facilities used by federal agencies. One of these is EPA’s Human Studies Facility located at the University of North Carolina-Chapel ...