The human mind has always fascinated scientists, but the quest to understand psychological behavior has led researchers down some disturbingly dark paths.

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein served as a chilling prophecy of the ethical dilemmas that science could pose. From the Tuskegee Syphilis Study to the CIA’s MKUltra program and the recent ...

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"Understanding human nature empowers us," says Texas Lawyer columnist Michael P. Maslanka. "Here, then, are five aspects of human nature to know and to apply towards a more ethical practice." Lawyers ...

This course explores the history of the scientific study of the human body from ancient Greece and Rome to the present. It examines the ways in which different communities sought to study, control, ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...