Feeling their pain
Did the animals suffer mild, moderate or substantial pain? That’s the question UK researchers may soon have to answer for each procedure they carry out on live animals, if a recommendation published on Wednesday is adopted by the Home Office. The move is aimed at increasing openness over the amount of suffering to which lab animals may be subjected.
Doomsday dismissed
A lawsuit claiming the Large Hadron Collider might unleash planet-eating black holes has been thrown out by a US court. Federal judge Helen Gillmor said she lacked jurisdiction over the LHC since the US paid for…
