Rats have been asked to do a lot in the name of science. Researchers had them complete mazes, solve puzzles, wear makeup, demonstrate empathy, and take on many other less-savory responsibilities ...

Whether the two-dozen or so performers and musicians actually call New York home is left unaddressed, but several of them are costumed as pizza rats (well, two pizza rats, one gamine pizza mouse ...

This became our Wait For It research program. We dubbed this new line of study UPERs – unpredictable positive experience responses – where rats were trained to wait for rewards. In contrast ...

Gig workers expressed that, after noticing frequent changes on the listing platforms that were made without their consent, they started to see themselves as laboratory rats rather than valued users.

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a ...

As expected, rats housed in enriched environments—complete with toys, space and companions—learned to drive faster than those in standard cages. This finding supported the idea that complex ...

A new variant of the Remcos RAT malware, capable of taking complete control over a victim’s device, has been uncovered in a recent phishing campaign targeting Windows users. Discovered by Fortinet’s ...

Discovering a rat infestation in a restaurant is nothing new. But it still makes many grimace in disgust. Remember the rodent that fell from the ceiling of the Tangs Market Food Court? This time, a ...

Now, I’m all healed. My toes may not be as pretty as if I were getting pedicures. But I’ll take the tradeoff. And my feet feel great now that I wear shoes that actually fit. Well+Being shares ...

Until very recently, this Viva Test Drive in fact, I’d never had a proper pedicure before (polishes at the mall excluded). Considering my feet a lost cause, I’d always been somewhat sceptical ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container and quickly found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal. Before long ...