Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren't sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn't know if a human mind could handle...
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We know all about the human body, what's in there, how it works, and how to heal it when it's sick. But of course, this wasn't always so. It's really only been in the last few centuries that scientists have been able to explore and experiment on humans. I mean, rats and mice may be a good place to start down on the road to new discoveries, but after a point, to really learn about humans, you have to try stuff out on humans. And as you might expect, human testing is currently and has always been a tricky business At their best, researchers have searched for lifesaving cures and treatments for uncomfortable and deadly conditions At their worst, human studies have edged into dark, curiosity-satisfying torture experiments that yielded few useful...
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We know all about the human body, what's in there, how it works, and how to heal it when it's sick. But of course, this wasn't always so. It's really only been in the last few centuries that scientists have been able to explore and experiment on humans. I mean, rats and mice may be a good place to start down on the road to new discoveries, but after a point, to really learn about humans, you have to try stuff out on humans. And as you might expect, human testing is currently and has always been a tricky business At their best, researchers have searched for lifesaving cures and treatments for uncomfortable and deadly conditions At their worst, human studies have edged into dark, curiosity-satisfying torture experiments that yielded few useful...
