One of the most unethical human experiments of all time involved scaring a young child called Little Albert, and they went ...

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 ...

Imagination may not be a privilege for humans alone, as research with a language-experienced bonobo in controlled cognitive testing showed. The scient.

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Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This development could bring experts closer to the goal of custom-growing human ...

Tiny microbes could be a secret energy powerhouse. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 2, 2024 11:00 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, including Operation Teapot in 1955. One was Eldridge Jones, who later ...