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A late 15th-century French version of a scientific study written by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170, fol. 11r.

Bird sex fascinated medieval thinkers as much as people today

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 years ago.
Some institutions publish information about their mishaps, while others do not. Peter Kneffel/picture alliance via Getty Images

Reporting all biosafety errors could improve labs worldwide – and increase public trust in biological research

A centralized reporting system for laboratory incidents involving dangerous pathogens in biological research does not exist in the US or internationally.

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