Gain-of-function research became especially controversial and politically polarized during the COVID-19 pandemic. One theory states the SARS-CoV-2 virus spilled out of a Chinese laboratory in…
Adelaide Tovar, a postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Michigan, prepares cell samples in a science laboratory on campus. Tovar is one of about 200…
Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP…
People walk past the faculty of economy of the Aix-Marseille University in Marseille on Oct. 4, 2023. Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle…