Forget the cheese — these rats have a need for speed. Scientists teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but they actually ...

The animal rights organization plans to send a “giant rat” to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater to “set the record straight” about the 5,000 live rats Eggers uses during one sequence in the film ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Although cars made for rats are far from anything they would encounter in the wild, we believed that driving represented an interesting way to ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Researchers at the University of Richmond trained rats to drive miniature cars ...

Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination. When you purchase through links on ...

The scientists who taught rats to drive itty bitty cars are back at it again — and this time, they have even more insights about how much these rodents enjoy their unusual pastime. Lambert and ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The statement "ball is life" is often used as a meme. But for NCAA Season 100 Rookie of the Year and Freshman of the Year Chris Hubilla, ball is really life as basketball was his ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a ...