The animal rights organization purchases shares of a research facility in a bid to end chimpanzee testing at the facility.

Scientists have found a way to reactivate a gene in mice that is silenced in a neurodevelopmental disorder called Angelman syndrome.

A Napoleonic-era research institute in Cairo caught fire, risking hordes of irreplaceable manuscripts.

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Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.

The decision comes after a committee found that the vast majority of research can be done without using chimpanzees.

Michigan’s employment commission is exploring whether graduate students at state schools have the right to unionize.

Certain neuroscience techniques are not robust enough to be used as evidence in a trial, a new report says.

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Despite scientific evidence that Plan B emergency contraception is safe for women of all ages, the department of Health and Human Services declined to approve it for over-the-counter use.

For honeybees, there’s no place like home. And every year, they must find a new one. Now, a study publishing today (December 8) in Science suggests that the honeybee swarms use inhibitory signals when house-hunting, paralleling the human brain’s decision-making process.

Long, non-coding regions of RNA can prevent red blood cells from committing suicide during the final stage of differentiation.