Seven years ago, researchers at Stanford University started an ambitious experiment: They began growing miniature, simplified versions of the human brain from stem cells inside a lab, then later ...

Seattle and King County Public Health Department advise you to flush your toilet if you find a rat in it! Here's how they got ...

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...

New research from Washington State University suggests that stress influences cannabis use not only in people but in rats as well.

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 gas ...

Animal activists acknowledged New York City's growing rat problem but blamed the rodent infestation on "disgusting human behavior" and condemned plans to kill them. "I don’t think any of us want to ...

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs. The new study shows that the presence of ...

The researchers injected the human tissue into the rats’ somatosensory cortexes — regions that receive and process sensory information like touch or pain. After about two weeks of training, the rats ...

Rats' Behavior Changed After Human Tissue Was Inserted Into Their Brains, Research Finds Studying human neurons inside rat brains could help researchers learn more about psychiatric disorders and how ...