Stem cell research has had a complicated history in the United States, with different administrations adopting different funding policies.
The recently-completed Human Microbiome Project is revealing important new information about the diverse bacteria that colonize the human body and contribute to its function.
A recent FDA admission about the wrongful approval of a knee implant has sparked controversy about the agency’s priorities: how can it balance safety with efficiency?
The past decade has seen several advances in the technique and speed of regenerative medicine, the use of living cells to grow new organs for transplant.
The well-known concept that different parts of the tongue sense different tastes is inaccurate – in reality, all parts of the tongue can sense any taste.
NASA’s Curiosity rover is the largest vehicle ever sent to Mars, and now that it has landed, its scientific instruments will investigate the red planet’s past and present environments.
During the tenure of President Richard Levin, science at Yale has gained new resources and new structure, though there is much unfinished business.
Professor Jaak Panksepp tickles rats to find out how they laugh, and how their laughter is similar and different to human laughter.