This episode comes to us from the podcast at SF Public Press. “Exposed” opens a window into the little-known history of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The sprawling abandoned naval base, in San ...

In 1979, the National Commission published The Belmont Report, which identifies three basic principles for the ethical conduct of research with human subjects: respect for persons, beneficence, and ...

It's rare for a sitting U.S. president to issue any kind of apology, but on Oct. 3, 1995, Bill Clinton issued one to veterans and civilians involved in government-administered, human radiation ...

Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions, announced today the extensive suite of science and research experiments the crew and SpaceX will conduct throughout ...

Pt. I. The "Product" -- Ch. 1. The acid taste of Plutonium -- Ch. 2. The Rad Lab -- Ch. 3. 1942: the Met Lab -- Ch. 4. A tolerable dose -- Ch. 5. The Manhattan project is launched -- Ch. 6. Plutonium ...