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. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

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... picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

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? picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

The mythbusters take on the age old myth of elephants being scared of mice. Who will take all in the battle royale? picked by ashlesdc 12 months ago

A short stint on a vibrating platform might slow the development of fat cells in mice by nearly 20%, according to controversial new research. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Lady mice prefer cat urine drenched male mice over rabbit urine drenched male mice. picked by suebe 7 months ago

A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

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. picked by h2so4hurts 8 months ago

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. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

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. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Small neighborhood adjacent to the University of Arizona see an influx of lab mice supposedly coming through their toilets. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Mice conquer the world! picked by niceplime 2 years ago

Pigeons and cannibal mice being raised by a man later detained under the province's mental health act. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

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.) picked by imnotyoo 2 years ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Wait. It gets better. He then accidentally shoots himself in the calf. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

New wall is a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice. ``The wall is a symbolic gesture to quiet public concern,'' Wen said. ``It's not going to work in the long run.'' picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Screams louder than the engines. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind may not be too far off from reality. Still no cure for cancer, but this is going to be a pretty useful trick (for good and bad), so we'll excuse the scientists on this one. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago