The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?
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Animal muscles inspire biomaterial design for agriculture, fabrics and medicine
• Natural muscle fibers are made up of spring-like proteins that can contract and stretch without losing their original form, dissipate mechanical energy as heat and maintain incre
Blood marker from dementia research could help track aging across the animal world
• A protein called neurofilament light chain (NfL)-studied in humans in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and aging-is also detectable in the blood of numerous animals, and
Not all humans are 'super-scary' to wildlife, animal behavior study suggests
• Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animal