Environment This Is Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Study Pain A fundamental understanding of what pain is continues to evade scientists. Jeremy Delahanty
Environment The Knock-On Effects of Rats on Island Ecosystems New research finds that the biomass of the entire fish community was nearly 50 percent larger around the rat-free islands. John C. Cannon
Social Justice The Animals That Sniff Out Tuberculosis, Cancer, and Landmines Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. And now they're being trained to save your life. Emma Young
Social Justice What Is, Scientifically, the Grossest Animal? As measured by the ability to kill via infectious disease. Francie Diep
Social Justice Who’s Really to Blame for the Black Death? New research refutes the claim that European rodents are responsible for the Black Death. Kate Wheeling
Economics Rats, Enlisted Anti-mining NGOs have known for awhile that a properly-trained rat can smell explosives and signal the threat’s location… Marc Herman
Environment New Rat Species Nose Their Way Into Menageries Even as species disappear at an accelerating rate, intrepid researchers are finding rodents previously unknown to science. Julia Griffin
Environment Rats: Just a Bunch of Homebodies It's called the 'rat race,' but it turns out they're not really going very far. Matt Palmquist
Social Justice The IV Danger When you're hooked up to an IV, are you receiving only fluids? Or is there something more harmful in there? Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Mine Heir Indigenous African rats prove adept at sniffing out trouble for people. Amy R. Ramos