The wrinkly rodent barely seems to age and appears almost impervious to cancer, heart disease, and mental decline. Can these astounding abilities be adapted for humans?

The rat pack at Millersville University is breaking up and named for Marvel. Comic characters are among 16 rats retiring from the psychology department, rat lab and up for adoption, we feel like the ...

OTHER RATS HAV BEEEN WORKHORSES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY LAB AT MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY. I LIKE HOW CURIOUS THEY ARE. THEY’RE ALWAYS STIFF INHE TIR NOSES AROUND SOMETHING PROFESSOR. KELLY. BANAS SAYS LAB ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Since Aristotle, scientists have vivisected, poked, and prodded ...

The data didn't make sense. Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension -- a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the ...

In Dr. Sergiu Pașca's research lab at Stanford University, the resident rats have clumps of human cells in their brains. Blow on a rat's whiskers and the human cells on the opposite side of its brain ...

One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

Have you heard the one about the rat who got lost? Probably not, because rats don’t need to ask directions. Jokes aside, it is well-established in scientific research circles that rats have an amazing ...