Recent enthusiasm for field experiments, and especially for natural field experiments (NFEs), in which subjects go about their daily activities unaware that any study is taking place, has sometimes ...

Humans have unwittingly been carrying out evolution experiments for millennia through the domestication of plants, animals, and fungi. Starting with the seminal experiments of William Dallinger in the ...

“The use of animals in research, teaching and testing is acceptable only if it promises to contribute to the understanding of environmental principles or issues; fundamental biological principles; or ...

Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...

Human behavioural research conducted online is rapidly growing. Although powerful, this approach can suffer from reduced experimental control. Here we outline ten principles for designing and ...

Due to their genetic and physiological similarities to humans, lab rodents have become the cornerstone of animal research. Olena Kurashova/iStock More than 20 years ago, two Harvard University medical ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. This is ...

Over 150 virologists have signed on to a commentary that says all the evidence to date indicates that the coronavirus pandemic started naturally, and it wasn't the result of some kind of lab accident ...