Amid growing concerns about the poor design of animal experiments and its implications for the translatability of experimental results, Michael F. W. Festing thinks it's time we do something about it.

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Tania Leimbach does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College ...

Statistically designed experiments have proven to be one of the few reliable, effective weapons in the 20th century arsenal of globally competitive firms. Although lacking the ephemeral "flavor of the ...