The Power of Hamster Wheels
Forget biomass and ethanol, the secret to solving the energy crisis might come down to a tapping finger…
Name That Tune. On Second Thought, Don’t.
A look at studies that highlight music's affect on memory, the sturdiness of beer bottles and, of course, French rap.
Rat Poison Provides Calcification Clue
There’s good news and bad news for rats. The good news is that common rats with a genetic…
The Key to Safe Driving?
It could be Key2SafeDriving, a new device that wirelessly links a cell phone and car key so your teenager can't call or text while driving.
Zinc During Pregnancy Can Reduce Alcohol’s Ills
Researchers have long known that binge drinking — even only once — during the early stages of pregnancy…
Do You Feel For Someone? It’s In Your Genes
New research on mice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Oregon Health and Science University has concluded…
Chronic Drinking Worse than Binging for the Liver
While the connection between liver damage and alcohol consumption has long been known, researchers have been trying to determine if the specifics of liver injury could be tied to particular drinking patterns.
Rats Say, ‘I’ll Take Manhattan’
Tel Aviv University zoologists and geographers, collaborating to invent a new method to test urban designers' city plans, decided to enlist the help of the prototypical urban dweller: the rat.
Global Warming and the Mouse Plague
As if we needed more proof that global warming is the root of all evil, Belgian researchers have linked a viral disease sometimes known as 'mouse plague' to the effects of climate change.