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Rats Didn’t Spread the Plague, Gerbils DidFor centuries, rats took the blame for spreading the Black Death – but recent research points to a different culprit. In this episode, we dive into the surprising theory that gerbils may have played a ...
An ultrathin implant that delivers stimulation directly to the spinal cord significantly improved motion and sensation in injured rats ...
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Live Science on MSNNaked Mole Rats Dig Carbon DioxideWe expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive ...
Alcohol consumption is widely known to affect decision-making, but a recent study led by researchers from The University of ...
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.
Alcohol consumption is widely known to affect decision-making, but a recent study led by researchers from The University of ...
“It [the beetle] could be used in search-and-rescue missions as it could go into small nooks and crevices in a collapsed ...
Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...
A new book offers a valuable discussion of the double bind in which many researchers and lab technicians find themselves: having to care for animals who will then be killed.
Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...
In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but University ...
A detailed close-up of a brown rat showcasing its fur and whiskers. Photo by Denitsa Kireva via Unsplash. Remy and his colony in Ratatouille are portrayed as brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), also known ...
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