Science has always demanded a certain fearlessness — a willingness to venture beyond the known and test the limits of what’s possible. But throughout history, that fearlessness has sometimes crossed ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome. Last November, the UK government ...

Laboratory experiments are controlled empirical methods conducted in artificial or semi-artificial settings to isolate, manipulate, and measure specific variables under reproducible conditions. They ...

An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery. An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge ...

Jeff Dean’s departure rom Google yesterday came as a bit of a shock to most observers, but he’d dropped hints as to ...