A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

An expert committee will decide whether to escalate efforts to combat the novel coronavirus that is spreading throughout the Middle East.

The largest study of its kind reveals cousin marriages and older mothers double the risk of birth defects.

Scientists have made the first functional, vascularized livers from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Neuroscientists’ discover a difference in the way the visual system processes simple and complex objects.

Disgraced social psychologist Diederik Stapel will avoid a trial in Dutch court for fabricating data on dozens of scientific papers.

Male fruit flies use a sensory system in their legs to help determine whether a potential mate is from a different species.

Mice have been cloned from single drops of blood taken from their tails using the same technology that produced Dolly the sheep.

The NIH will significantly reduce the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and retire the majority of its chimps to sanctuaries.

Obesity drives an alteration of the gut microbiome, leading to the secretion of metabolites associated with the development of liver cancer.

A new book by an evolution historian asserts that Darwin and Wallace developed their theories of evolution independently.

Scientific societies in Japan contend that a plan for an NIH-like agency to oversee the country’s science ministries will squash basic research.