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• Video: Doing Science Experiments on Your Kids

  After writing about a new generation of scientists who are increasingly using their own kids as test subjects, I found this fascinating (and often adorable) video about a scientist, Deborah Linebarger, who has conducted experiments with her four children. Read More... Posted Jan 22 2009, 06:46 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, children, video, science, Deb Roy, scientists, experimentation, career, experiments, funding, scientific discovery, test subjects, language development, using kids as test subjects, ethical, deborah linebarger, ethicists

• Is It Ethical for Scientists to Use Their Kids as Test Subjects?

  Here’s a reason for wanting a baby that you don’t hear everyday: “I really want to study him and do experiments with him.” This was the thinking of Dr. Sinha, an MIT neuroscience professor, upon the birth of his son. According to the New York Times, Dr. Sinha is just one of many scientists using their kids as test subjects in large part because “children make reliable participants in an era of scarce research financing.” Is this creepy or just practical? Read More... Posted Jan 20 2009, 05:10 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, media, research, science, studies, Deb Roy, scientists, MIT, experimentation, volunteers, experiments, funding, scientific discovery, test subjects, language development, participants, experimenting on kids, scientists using their children as test subjects, experimenting on children