CIA torture appears to have broken spy agency rule on human experimentation  The Guardian

Exclusive: Watchdogs shocked at ‘disconnect’ between doctors who oversaw interrogation and guidelines that gave CIA director power over medical ethics.

Medical Research: The Dangers to the Human Subjects  The New York Review of Books

Every year millions of Americans (no one knows exactly how many) volunteer to be human subjects in medical research that compares a new treatment with an …

‘Human experimentation’ and the CIA: read the previously classified document  The Guardian

The guidelines, published here for the first time, were still in effect during the lifespan of the agency’s controversial interrogation program.

7 famous psych studies with troubling backstories  Popular Science

Some of your favorite stories from the history of psychology deserve a second look.

TED 2018: Thought-Reading Machines and the Death of Love  WIRED

A new holographic technology promises to replace expensive medical imaging. But it might also blur individual human identities.

Could you be sacked for your THOUGHTS?  Daily Mail

Nita Farahany (pictured), a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University, gave a TedTalk on the topic and revealed she was concerned that this may cost …

Pain, Suffering, and the History of Human Experimentation  Healthline

From surgeries without anesthesia to clinical trials performed overseas, the history of human experimentation is riddled with stomach-turning moments.

Experimenting On The Health Of The Poor: Inside Stewart v. Azar  Health Affairs

Two Medicaid work demonstrations have now been approved: Kentucky’s on January 12 and Indiana’s, two days ago. In a theoretical world, the recent …

Outrage of the Month: A Steady Stream of Unethical Human Experiments  Huffington Post

On June 16, 1966, Dr. Henry Beecher, then a professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, published his seminal paper, titled “Ethics and Clinic…

How to edit a human | 1843  The Economist 1843

For decades scientists aspired to modify the code of life. Tom Whipple meets Jennifer Doudna, who succeeded.