Animal-rights activists devastate a psychiatric research lab at the University of Milan.
Animal-rights activists devastate a psychiatric research lab at the University of Milan.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
A new survey finds a high incidence of sexual harassment and rape among women doing anthropological field work.
Hot topics from the AACR meeting; the ongoing debate about pesticides’ effects on bees; a treasure trove of baby dinos; conservation on social media
This dramatic science fiction film follows a grieving father using his research to understand his infant son’s gruesome death—and explores the culture and ethics of science along the way.
Fossilized skeletal remains of the hominid Australopithecus sediba add to the puzzle of human evolution.
Female preference may have driven the evolution of human males’ relatively large genitalia.
The insect-inspired dance by choreographer Paul Taylor strikes the perfect balance between six-legged realism and artistic fancy.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
In Chapter 3, “Tamping the Simian Urge,” author Travis Rayne Pickering contrasts the brute physicality of predatory chimpanzees with the headier hunting style employed by humans.