The cellular processes involved in gene regulation can be unexpectedly complicated. The expression of genes—the when, where and how much of gene activity—underlies all of biology, but is surprisingly ...

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Wealthy philanthropists with ties to Wall Street and Silicon Valley are unbowed by a botched climate experiment to limit the amount of sunlight hitting the earth, vowing to continue bankrolling future ...

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher, an honorary director of PETA, has teamed up with the animal rights organization to produce a documentary about America’s multibillion-dollar experimentation industry. The host ...

When Alexander Fleming found mould on a bacterial culture in 1928, it was evidence that something in his lab had gone wrong. When Percy Spencer noticed a melted peanut cluster in his pocket, he was ...