CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It’s not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. Think about the frog. The pig. Or even the ...

Pencils, check. Notebook, check. Backpack, check. Scalpel… wait, what? If you think knives don’t belong on a school-supply list, you’re in good company: Studies show that as many as 25 percent of ...

Small incision lenticule extraction is a newer refractive procedure that involves refractive correction by means of femtosecond laser dissection of an intrastromal lenticule that is then extracted ...

Pencils, check. Notebook, check. Backpack, check. Scalpel…wait, what? If you think knives don’t belong on a school-supply list, you’re in good company: Studies show that as many as 25% of secondary ...

Dissection, that staple of high school biology class, is slowly going the way of the slide rule, yielding to changes in technology, values, funding and science itself. “Biology has changed a lot,” ...

Budding serial killers can now practice their craft without harming innocent household pets. “Welcome to the ultimate virtual cadaver dissection experience!” So begins the pitch on McGraw-Hill’s ...

Wearing a white coat and rubber gloves, Framingham High School senior Alex Gill carefully sliced open the carcass of a mink to take a peak at the critter's organs. A few cuts here and there and he ...

As the California State Board of Education prepares to decide which new educational materials will be incorporated into state schools, PETA supporter Kim Basinger sent the board’s president a letter ...

SALEM – I am a lifelong vegetarian, so one could imagine my horror when I was told to dissect a frog in middle school. A dead frog? I was mortified. Though I loved science and knew it would be an ...

University funding body recommends a phase-out, but gives no final date. You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF Squeamish science ...

Dissection, that staple of high school biology class, is slowly going the way of the slide rule, yielding to changes in technology, values, funding and science itself. "Biology has changed a lot," ...