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Researchers push back against those who work in the field of plant neurobiology and claim plants can learn and have a form of consciousness.

The gut microbiome has been linked to depression, schizophrenia, and other neurological conditions, but it’s not yet clear whether the relationship is causal.

Protestors disapprove of putting scientific institutions under the authority of a government-led committee.

Miami University’s plant conservatory was growing seedlings of iboga, which contains an illegal, psychoactive substance.

Insect eggs can take any shape at almost any size, refuting explanations for their dimensions based on geometric scaling laws or on relationships between egg traits and adult traits.

The University of Southern California reaches a settlement with the University of California, San Diego, over snatching staff, data, and funding in 2015.

The research may necessitate the formation of new ethical guidelines.

Technology is enabling increasingly lifelike models of organs to help doctors practice operations.

A panel finds David Latchman’s “recklessness in the conduct” of the lab and his involvement as an author on problematic papers facilitated the misconduct.

US honeybee colonies took the largest hit since the Bee Informed Partnership started counting in 2006.

Mike Dunleavy vetoes funding that would have made up 40 percent of the university system’s total budget.

A study fails to detect ancient proteins among the microbes, adding to the debate about whether peptides can survive tens of millions of years underground.