Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist who worked at Yale University in the 1960s. He grew up in the shadow of the Second World War, and like many of his generation, he was haunted by a ...

In five days in April 1967, a 25-year-old history teacher in Palo Alto turned a classroom question about Nazi Germany into a ...

Explore the 25 craziest scientific experiments ever conducted, from shocking ethical failures like Tuskegee to mind control.

Between the phrase “orders from above” and the familiar refrain “I was only following orders” lies a troubling passage in ...

Salt can become a hot commodity amid a boom in demand for sodium-ion batteries, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Jack Lu and his team at the bank predict sodium-ion batteries will account for 20% ...

Stanley Simmons — the rock duo comprising Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, sons of Kiss' Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, respectively — will embark on their first full-length U.S. tour this fall. The ...

A study on Covid vaccines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director blocked from publication came out Tuesday in a different journal. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

A covid vaccine study that the CDC’s chief halted this spring over methodological concerns was published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, a leading peer-reviewed medical journal. The analysis used the ...

When Stanley Clarke first picked up the acoustic bass, he drew a bow across the strings and was greeted by a terrible sound. Since then, he's made it his mission to make the instrument sing. By every ...

The world's largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The study uncovered a disruption in neural networks involved in self-focus and ...

On the cusp of the 250th anniversary of its founding, the United States of America is at a crossroads. For those invested in the history of our nation, it’s clear this isn’t the first time the country ...