For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...

Rats do not simply drift through vague, sleepy fog. Their brains light up with detailed replays of the day, from sprinting through corridors to scanning for food, and sometimes those nocturnal scenes ...

Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A first-of-its-kind examination ...

May 2 -- They can run, climb, jump, turn right and left — all at the touch of a button. These aren't the latest gadgets in high-tech toys, but living and breathing rats — designed and trained to ...

Rats can be taught to play hide and seek — and they squeal with joy when they win, scientists have found. Both wild and domesticated animals have been known to play, but neuroscientists from Berlin's ...

A rat control experiment is halfway into its one-year pilot, and the alder pushing the project wants to see the concept ...

Scientists have long been fascinated with the age-defying abilities of the African rodent, which spends its life in large colonies underground. Previous work has hit on clues as to why the naked ...

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Scientists, not content to let a not-so-living legend lie, have determined that the viral Chicago "rat hole" was probably actually made by a different kind of rodent. Researchers published an article ...

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