Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of microbes in our intestines do more than digest lunch, but new work goes ...

To understand how social rules affect the interactions between humans and machines, scientists re-created a famous psychology experiment using... No Mercy For Robots: Experiment Tests How Humans ...

The piano-mover puzzle involves trying to transport an oddly shaped load across a constricted environment with various obstructions. It’s one of several variations on classic computational ...

U.S. national security officials say they have made significant changes to their experiments on human subjects since a botched research project in 1953 led to the death of an LSD-drugged CIA scientist ...

President Trump is trying to save money by terminating leases on facilities used by federal agencies. One of these is EPA’s Human Studies Facility located at the University of North Carolina-Chapel ...

Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ownership, similar to the famous "rubber-hand illusion" in humans. "The rubber hand illusion is a staple of the study of body ...

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Looking like a toy helicopter, a small black drone rose up over a cluster of adobe buildings in a quiet desert village, emitting a faint buzz. The drone, an Anduril Industries’ ...

Chatbots consistently overestimate how strategic humans are, leading them to make decisions that look smart in theory but ...

Mice are indispensable in biomedical research due to their genetic and anatomical similarities to humans, short lifespans, ...

Aging has long been seen as a natural, unstoppable part of life. From the moment we're born, our bodies transform — first through growth, then through gradual decline. Over time, stamina wanes, ...