While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

In a functioning system, the kind of placebo-controlled vaccine trials that Secretary Kennedy is calling for would never get past an IRB, much less progress to an IND application. Vaccines are being ...

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health.

Generative AI offers personalized learning and efficiency, but raises concerns about eroding critical thinking and ...

From depressed polar bears to charismatic pandas, conservationists have used anthropomorphism, or the practice of attributing ...

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

Kajal Schiller designed a computer simulation game to measure whether socioeconomic status might determine how likely people ...

Research qualifying for Expedited Review includes activities that involve "no more than minimal risk" to human participants, but also involves one or more of the procedures listed in Section IV. B. 2.

Harvard cognitive psychologist Daniel Schacter’s work has underpinned a sea change in how we think about memory; namely, that ...

Covered individuals with direct responsibility for human subjects research are required to complete a disclosure statement annually, and within 30 days of discovering or acquiring a new significant ...

The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections was an 11-member panel of volunteers ... in the protection of the rights and well-being of human subjects involved in research.

“Despite this, the institution continues to review human subject research, compromising its ability to adequately protect human subjects and allowing non-compliant research practices to continue ...