Experimental Musings

As we head into spring and see more imagery of chicks, bunnies, and lambs, take a few minutes to stop and stare. Why? Because researchers found that looking at cute animals has health benefits!

Cloning animals is not a new thing -- the first cloning research began in 1885 and the earliest successful cloning experiment using frogs happened in 1952 -- but we're still pretty far off from a real life Jurassic Park.

What are human vaccine trials really like and who conducts them? To answer that question and help dispel some of the mystery involved in drug trials, we visited Dr. Robert Call of Clinical Research Partners.

There are a variety of cognitive biases that play a role in how we make decisions, and sometimes we aren’t even aware they exist. One of these is the optimism bias.

To lend our support to efforts that squash stigmas and humanize mental health conditions, we invited Catherine Brown to share her story during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.