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 gas ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found ...

Rats have been asked to do a lot in the name of science. Researchers had them complete mazes, solve puzzles, wear makeup, demonstrate empathy, and take on many other less-savory responsibilities in ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - An update to an older study that taught rats how to drive tiny cars found that the rodents seems to enjoy the journey as much as the destination. A team of neuroscientists taught rats ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container and quickly found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal. Before long, they were ...