Cat pee makes male mice macho, females swoon Posted: 7 months ago by suebe
Lady mice prefer cat urine drenched male mice over rabbit urine drenched male mice.
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Australian scientists help fat mice lose weight Posted: 7 months ago by pocksucket
By blocking the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in mice, Australian researchers have influenced the behaviour of fat cells, causing the rodents to lose weight while simultaneously reducing blood pressure and reducing the risk of diabetes.
Cake loving mice everywhere are rejoicing.
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Record Plague Of Mice Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Remember the old "Guinness Book of World Records" TV show? Here is a story that will make you cringe. It is about the largest infestation of mice. The number of mice is sickening enough, but when they talk about the kid eating the dead mice...
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Scientists grow new prostate glands in mice Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
Using stem cells, scientists were able to grow completely new prostate glands in mice. The prostate is a gland that aids in creating and expelling semen, and is often the cause of cancer in older men. But now that researchers can grow prostates in mice, will doctors be regrowing human prostates any time soon?
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Elephants v. Mice Posted: 1 year ago by ashlesdc
The mythbusters take on the age old myth of elephants being scared of mice. Who will take all in the battle royale?
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Monster carnivorous mice overrun British-owned Gough Island Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores.
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2 Billion Mice Overrun China Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
The trouble began when the Yangtze River flooded and drove the mice out of their holes - now the ravenous rodents are wreaking havoc across the countryside.
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Paralyzed Mice Walk Again Posted: 2 years ago by Mershaullk
Samuel Stupp has a bunch of mice that used to drag their hind legs behind them when they crawled around his Illinois lab, but they have miraculously regained at least partial use of their rear legs.
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A woman who was trying to kill mice shoots herself and another Posted: 5 months ago by smarty1052
The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.
I'm on a posting frenzy.. so sick of work
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Vibrating mice may hold obesity clue Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
A short stint on a vibrating platform might slow the development of fat cells in mice by nearly 20%, according to controversial new research.
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Super sensitive artificial nose powered by mouse urine Posted: 7 months ago by suebe
A team led by an Indian researcher has developed an electronic nose coated with mouse urine, which they say, can help sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or pick out different smells for food quality control. Yeah!
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Dr Teruhiko Wakayama brings frozen mice back to life as clones Posted: 4 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long as 16 years and say it may be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species.
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Who knew? Mice have vocal sex too, we just couldn't hear it Posted: 8 months ago by h2so4hurts
No one knew exactly why mice sing, but rats make similar calls during sex, pleasant brain stimulation, and drug use, so psychologists thought the songs might be a sign of happiness.
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Science gives female mice the sex drive of males Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
Scientists had long attributed aggressive male mating tactics to a testosterone-induced hard-wiring of male brains.
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Ew. EW!! Mice, everywhere! EW!!! Posted: 2 years ago by imnotyoo
Mouse plauge. A waterfall of mice. And it just keeps going. On and on. Forever.
(I know I hate Ebaum's, but I was so bored. Oh my.)
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Sex on the brain? No, in the nose Posted: 1 year ago by neilharvey
The difference between male and female sexual behaviour may be explained, in mice at least, by a tiny organ in the nose rather than gender-specific brain circuitry.
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Forget Snakes on a Plane. How about Mice in the Toilet? Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Small neighborhood adjacent to the University of Arizona see an influx of lab mice supposedly coming through their toilets.
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Giant Mice Devouring Island Seabird Chicks, Threatening Extinction Posted: 2 years ago by niceplime
Mice conquer the world!
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Cooped up birds, mice found in tiny apartment after stench alerts neighbours Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
Pigeons and cannibal mice being raised by a man later detained under the province's mental health act.
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Giant flesh-eating mice Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
INFRA-red footage showing a "superbreed" of giant flesh-eating house mice chewing into an albatross chick has been used as a stark warning of what awaits pest-infested Macquarie Island.
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Breakthrough: Eye Cells Regenerated in Live Mice Posted: 6 days ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists have for the first time regrown retina cells in live mammals. The mouse study offers hope for similar success in human eye cells.
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