China launches human embryo experiment in space

The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.
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25 human experiments too disturbing to ignore

The pursuit of scientific knowledge has driven humanity to remarkable achievements — cures for diseases, revolutionary technologies, and breakthroughs that have saved millions of lives. Yet this noble ...

Researchers find a surprising human bias toward counterclockwise motion

A crowd does not need a leader to fall into step. In public spaces, people sort themselves into lanes, avoid collisions, and ...
National Catholic Register

Scientists Unethically Experiment On the Unborn to Improve Gene Editing Techniques, Bioethicist Says

Genetic researchers are experimenting on unborn children in trials that could have been done on animal embryos, according to ...
Phys.org

Researchers find certain ecological experiments may be too human-centric

Do insectivorous animals perceive green, caterpillar-shaped clay as a tasty meal? Ecologists sometimes use plasticine models mimicking natural prey, such as caterpillars, fruit, bird eggs, snakes, and ...
Newsweek

Scientists Trick Mice with Human Experiment—Here’s Why It Has ‘Unparalleled’ Value

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ...
CNA

Inside Unit 731: Japan’s Secret Human Experiments - Episode 2: The Long Shadow

After the war, Unit 731’s scientists evade justice. Families of POWs search for answers about secret tests, while former ...

Humans have weirdly white eyes. Here’s why.

Blue, green, amber: Someone’s eye color immediately attracts our attention. But there’s something unusual about human eyes: We have a large visible area of white that surrounds the iris. Most other ...