It's safe to give your baby a dummy. In fact, some special care units use dummies to comfort little and poorly babies while they are having tests or injections. Evidence shows that suckling eases pain ...

The rise of the crash test dummy changed the way automakers build cars that save lives. Check out the grisly and surprising history of the high-tech devices.

Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are designed almost entirely around the body of a man. Maria Weston Kuhn, ...

Crash test dummies, also known as human surrogate models, play a crucial role in evaluating vehicle safety. They simulate the biomechanical response of the human body during collisions, helping ...

Smart contract testing is like quality assurance for smart contracts, ensuring they work correctly, securely and reliably on the blockchain.

The dummies must be inspected and go through about seven tests to confirm whether or not all their sensors and body parts respond properly to crashes.

Crash test dummies are critical in ensuring optimum safety for our cars - they come in many shapes and sizes, just like humans ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in Virginia conducts crash testing to see how safe you'll be inside a vehicle in the event of an accident.

Modern female crash dummies can improve safety for women, experts say The THOR-5F, a more advanced female crash test dummy, is being developed.

Female crash test dummies may help address the fact that women are twice as likely to die in car crashes.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Swedish engineer Astrid Linder, who lead the project to create the prototype for the first crash test dummy modeled after the average woman's body.