Researchers have discovered “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that may explain why forgetting lunch can lead to ...

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This experiment, done on lab rats, isn’t terribly cruel. It will still probably keep you up at night when you’re thinking about hiring an exterminator. Rats are nearly universally disliked, but they ...

Brandon L., 30, spent a good part of the summer of 2007 in a sterile research facility. He shared a sparse dormitory room with a semiretired prison guard, a massage therapist who liked to tell S&M ...

A series of experiments at USC involving rats, cocaine and electric shocks has been stopped following a university investigation into complaints about lab-animal welfare. The experiments involved ...

Have you heard the story about the lab rats who got hooked on cocaine, neglected everything else, and eventually starved themselves to death? This chilling story is called “cocaine rats.” They were ...

In Dr. Sergiu Pașca's research lab at Stanford University, the resident rats have clumps of human cells in their brains. Blow on a rat's whiskers and the human cells on the opposite side of its brain ...

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using “transgender lab rats,” saying it was time to shut down the government’s animal-testing industry.