Jet-lagged after a long flight? A healthy helping of chocolate for breakfast could help synchronize you to a new time zone, if a recently published study on rats holds true for humans. Most forms of ...

Many studies have shown that rats exhibit empathy and social behavior. In one, scientists trapped a rat in a tight plastic tube and observed as its free cagemate, distressed by the trapped rat's ...

They trained rats to run after a chocolate trail, tracked their sniffing behaviour and fed some interesting observations into a computer model. With this chocolaty experiment, researchers at the ...

Rats are once again in the news. About a month and half ago I published an essay called "The Emotional Lives of Rats: Rats Read Pain in Others' Faces" in which I discussed research that showed that ...

It’s only been a week since the Florida Panthers won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship, but for the fans, it has seemed like an eternity. The break before their beloved team ...