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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By looking in detail at brain activity during sleep, scientists can figure out exactly what animals are dreaming of. Neuronal ...

The headlines on the press releases that started showing up yesterday, here at The Salt certainly got our attention. Just one sample: "BREAKING NEWS: New Study Links Genetically Engineered Food to ...

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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 ...