Rat populations are rising in the Golden State, with Los Angeles being listed as the second rattiest city in America in 2024.

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APOPO is a global non-profit organization that trains rats to save lives. The group uses African giant pouched rats to sniff ...

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The high comorbidity of type 2 diabetes (T2D) with psychiatric or neurodegenerative disorders points to a need for understanding what links these diseases.

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Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.

Rat study suggests that Type 2 diabetes may weaken a projection in the brain that drives reward and spatial processing.