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From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains ...
Some fusion machines chase brute-force power. Wendelstein 7-X chose elegance—3D magnetic geometry sculpted to tame plasma for ...
New research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders provides evidence that the gut microbiome may play a functional ...
Jamie Wagner was hired in September 2024 as the University of Richmond’s animal care specialist. Wagner comes from exotic ...
Recent experimental findings suggest that d-amphetamine, a potent central nervous system stimulant, can override learned ...
According to newly-released animal testing data, over 3.7 million animals were used in Canada in 2024, an alarming 18.5 percent increase from 2023.
When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell's campus, ...
The United Kingdom is set to begin injecting children—some as young as ten years old—with puberty-blocking drugs in what the Daily Mail calls the first NHS-backed clinical experiment of its kind. Two ...
Dr. Makary desperately wants everyone to know he is a brave, free-thinker, able to see the world objectively and without bias, smarter than 99% of his peers. However, in reality his brain is cooked.