THE FIRST part-human, part-monkey embryo has been created by scientists in California despite ethical concerns. Researchers have grown human stem cells in monkey embryos to try and better understand ...

NEURALINK, the brain implant maker bankrolled by Elon Musk, has unveiled footage of a monkey apparently playing video games with its mind. Released Friday, the three-minute clip appears to show an ...

A cloned monkey, now three years old, is the first to survive to adulthood. Retro, as the monkey has been named, was cloned by scientists at China's premier science academy. The successful cloning of ...

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Scientists have developed a way for monkeys to control “avatars” that could be used to help paralysed people move their bodies. In the tests scientists found that brain signals from the master ...

While the primate only lived 10 days it is being hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, with the findings published in the scientific journalCell. The male monkey was created using stem cells of ...

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Central Institute for Experimental Animals and Keio University researchers injected the gene ARHGAP11B - the code responsible for ...

The bizarre scene, straight out of a science-fiction film, caused a stir online after being shared on Twitter by Elon Musk. Although praised by most for demonstrating the potential power of using ...

Scientists have described a new genus of monkey - the first for 83 years. The Rungwecebus kipunji sports a distinctive Mohawk stripe of hair, and is found in Tanzania, Africa. The monkey, first ...

A previously unknown monkey species has been found in the mountains of southern Tanzania. The animal is believed to be a critically endangered species, with no more than perhaps a thousand individuals ...