A new study published in Nature Neuroscience has found that the presence, movements, and identity of human experimenters influence the activity of hippocampal neurons in Egyptian fruit bats.

Glashow: I was at the University of California in Berkeley from roughly 1963 to 1966 as a professor, and I remember clearly that the experimenters and the theorists were in very close contact.

Animal experimenters are very aware of this ethical problem and acknowledge that experiments should be made as humane as possible. They also agree that it's wrong to use animals if alternative ...

with the help of a melon, a candle and a trip to a famous Edinburgh landmark. Nina helps her experimenters Robert and Zak discover the answer to their question, ‘How are waterfalls made?’, ...