Such experiments have been criticized as unethical but have advanced medicine and its ethical codes, such as the Nuremberg Code.

Scientists on Reddit admitted studies and experiments that they’d love to find the answers to, all the while knowing full well that actually doing them would be a one-way ticket to some sort of ...

In December, the University of California, San Francisco apologized for unethical experiments on prisoners half a century ago. It was doctors of color who started demanding change.

SOME trials of chemical agents on human volunteers at Porton Down laboratories were unethical, the Ministry of Defence revealed yesterday.

The notion of human medical experimentation elicits visceral repulsion. Nevertheless, we allow such research for the betterment of society, but only with safeguards to protect the volunteers. These ...

I recently read Flower Darby’s “5 Small Steps for AI Skeptics” (October 30) with great interest. I’m on record as an AI skeptic. But I’m also deeply involved in my institution’s ...

It’s been an interesting month for online social science experiments, between Facebook’s research into emotional contagion and now OkCupid’s study of perceived compatibility. The two ...