The words “government lab” do not, to most of us, imply anything positive. If someone’s “taken to a government lab for testing,” it’s the absolute opposite of an outpatient procedure. It doesn’t ...

The United States once sold itself as a radical bet on human equality, self-government, and the rule of law, a political ...

One of history's leading 16th-century astronomers, Tycho Brahe, was also an alchemist who kept the secrets of that pursuit under wraps. Researchers previously found that Brahe regularly consumed gold ...

Reddit responded on April 28 to news that a group of researchers had conducted a secret experiment using artificial intelligence chatbots in one of its most popular forums. The actions of those ...

Thousands of people are thought to have died within the walls of Unit 731, a secret biological warfare research facility ...

Unit 731 was a secretive Japanese human experimentation complex during the Second World War, where prisoners were ...

CHELMSFORD — About 27 years ago, Michael Bergen became a scientist, with no science background or formal education. He adopted the signature white lab coat not to conduct research or to study data, ...

The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep underground in Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour. (National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada ...

Tycho Brahe, an astronomer, studied alchemy to help make medical elixirs. Researchers found traces of tungsten in shards of glass and ceramic from his laboratory. Tungsten wouldn't be isolated for ...