Turns out nobody needed to build a better mousetrap, because the 150-year-old ones work just fine, even when they’ve been stored by museum curators as part of a collection rather than set out as a pest-control tool.
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: I feel itchy now and soon, so will you.
This weekend was a hot time for blood: several new studies about how you're only as good as the red stuff running through your veins were released.
A new study indicates that rodents are influenced by the scent of the sex of the researcher studying them, a finding that has could have big ramifications for numerous studies where animals are used.
It's a MOUSE decorating a CHRISTMAS TREE.
What we have here is a real "not without my daughter" situation. That mouse is not leaving without that biscuit. Period. End of discussion.
I'm not one to wear tin foil hats, but that's because silver's really not my color. But I'm willing to put that aside after reading this new study (But seriously, silver does NOTHING for my skin tone). Scientists at MIT have successfully created false memories in mice, according to a study released in the journal…
I was psyched when Brooklyn Tattoo artist and taxidermy artist
Sue Jeiven invited me to her Greenpoint apartment for a private class in anthropomorphic taxidermy—the preparation and display of dead animals in an humanlike elaborate mise-en-scene, complete with tiny human accoutrements and frocks. (All of the animals…
I love mice, they're so cute and smart, and they're much maligned and feared by humans even though we're the ones who terrorize them. Anyway, let's take a minute to appreciate how great these little ones are, and how we are all just crazy animals trying to survive on planet earth. I don't know what I'm saying but I…
I've lived in too many apartments and houses with mice to really consider them to be cute anymore. That being said, I really appreciate this little lady's attempts to bolster the economy.
Great news, wicked queens of America! Your shit just got hella validated. New research out of Stanford University indicates that the brains of older mice can be rejuvenated by commingling their blood supply with the blood of young mice. Well, KAPOW. "Do I think that giving young blood could have an effect on a human?…
You might think that once you give birth to a child that they're no longer a part of you physically—except, of course, for the complete control they retain over your heart and mind. Well, think again, because it turns out that during pregnancy some of their cells scatter in your body and stay there for years, maybe…
Oh my god. Can't we women just have one thing to ourselves without a pair of giant testicles swooping in and making it all about them? Last week I found out they're making push-up bras for your nutsack. Now it turns out that yogurt—our precious lady-nectar!—might make men's testicle-balls bigger, spermier, and covered…
A study in mice shows that if you kill off aging, poorly-functioning cells in mice, the mice become healthier, more attractive, and more fun to be around. This is obviously the key to human immortality — as long as it doesn't kill us.
Scientists were able to cure peanut allergies in mice by attaching peanut proteins to the mice's own cells and then putting the cells back in their bodies. This technique also worked with egg allergies. The technique hasn't been tested on humans yet, but at least now mice can enjoy delicious PB&J sandwiches.
Rats and mice can be adorable if they are your well-behaved pet, or if they are singing cartoon characters in a heartwarming tale of one Russian mouse family who overcomes adversity while immigrating to New York City and later, Goes West. Otherwise, they're disgusting cesspools of disease, unwelcome interlopers in…
A flight from Katmandu to Bangkok was cancelled when a mouse scurried out of the plane's pantry. Luckily, this happened while the plane was still on the ground, so the rodent did not cause havoc in the air. However, the plane will not be able to take off again until the mouse is found.
A new study shows that depriving male mice of the neurotransmitter serotonin makes them more likely to try to have sex with other males. But scientists note that these findings are not applicable to human sexuality.
You guys, scientists are learning to erase our memories! Everybody panic! Or ... maybe not.
At any rate, they've discovered how to "reverse the aging process...dramatically." Human organs are in their sights.
