In an article in the London Times Colin Blakemore wrote On the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most famous naturalist in history everyone wants to claim a piece of Darwin. Not just scientists, but humanists, atheists, philosophers, sociologists … Continue reading
Inside the Oxford animal lab
Go here to go to the Animals and Society Institute website and read my review of Elizabeth Hess’s new excellent book, Nim Chimpsky: The chimp who would be human.
Further revelations on this story of colony of monkeys killed in a research lab.
Primate scientists are criticizing a decision at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, to kill a research colony of Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana) last month because the animals were infected with the herpes B virus. The monkeys, at the … Continue reading
Mothers who eat a junk-food diet in pregnancy may seriously damage the long-term health of their child, according to research published today. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, was carried out on rats, but scientists say they have every … Continue reading
