Scientists hope to give people back the use of disabled arms and legs after a world-first breakthrough allowing them to regrow the missing nerves in rats. Trials of the technology are still... Read more
Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats for the first time, enabling them to communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. A further test of this work s... Read more
Rodents sacrifice sweets to jailbreak their friends According to a study published in the December 9, 2011, issue of Science, rats can be surprisingly selfless. University of Chicago... Read more