Scientists have created a computer model that aims to mimic the human brain, hoping it might teach us about ourselves.

Some of the best horror films are inspired by true events. Take, for example, 1974’s blockbuster hit “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which was based on the life and crimes of killer Ed Gein in the ...

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 ...

Researchers view Bikini Atoll on a map during a scientific seminar organized aboard the USS Chilton, part of the 1947 Bikini Resurvey Project. Credit: University of Washington: Special Collections ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a derelict “terror” bunker in China that was used by Japanese scientists to conduct heinous biological experiments during World War II, including subjecting victims to ...

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 ...

That rogue scientist who created HIV-resistant designer babies is apparently gearing up for more human gene-editing research. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, He Jiankui said he wants to ...

The closest thing to utopia the world has ever seen might have existed in a Maryland barn for a couple of years during the late 1960s: a complex built for rodents as part of a science experiment. The ...

Eleven scientific papers and a patent emerge from experiments conducted during the Kingdom’s SSA-HSF1 mission aboard the ...