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more about #rats brobot - Beboptimus Prime: So... what happened to Hobbie-A through Hobbie-I? I feel like it just couldn't have ended well for them... #hobbiej more » Software_Goddess: GREAT, now they are going to be living in our roses and stealing our electricity! #hobbiej more » Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: P.S. please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard. #hobbiej more » nutbastard: "Bigger pores equals every so slightly increased transfer duration of neuron-to-neuron messages" wouldn't you want decreased transfer duration??? #ho... more » spannu: More like borophyll! ...Right? #fiberopticskulls more » Nick: i'm green with envy? #fiberopticskulls more » lostinthe4th: Algae are not plants, they're eukaryotes. #fiberopticskulls more » Xagest: So when do we get RFIDs in our wrists and USB ports in our necks? #fiberopticskulls more » ripfire: But if you insert plant genes into vegans, will they die of starvation? #fiberopticskulls more » Skunky: Sure it'll cure Parkinson's, but now you'll never know when the mad scientists will send the signal to assassinate world leaders. #fiberopticskulls more » EpiphyteCorp.: What about the R.O.U.S.'s? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Someone call Mike Rowe. Dirty Jobs needs to go international for the next season.. more » MrHaroHaro: If I ever have a mouse problem I know who I'm calling. [MrHaroHaro is scared of mice, rats and squirrels if he looks at them long enough] more » nutbastard: I imagine it would take about, oh i dunno, 20 seconds average to kill a rat? lets call it 30 seconds with smoke breaks? so 83,000 rats = 41,500 minut... more » nutbastard: "Bangladesh has a disgusting rat problem: It imports 3 million tons of food a year, and rats destroy 1.5-2 million tons of it." seems to me that the ... more » Christopher McConnell: Before Obama's inaugural in January, NASA did a demonstration of this. I even got to drive the thing. It was pretty damn awesome. more » anon: Hey! It's just like that little door on the back of my jammys. more » Voyou_Charmant: Early start faking the Mars landing? Whatever it is, can someone provide a hilarious mash up involving Kanye West interrupting it? more » balls187: Horrible. more » Skunky: I think i've seen this guy on TV before. more » -
#science
Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World's Smartest Rat)
Hobbie-J is a genetically engineered rat that can navigate mazes faster and recognize toys better than his peers. We just hope the little guy fares better than Charlie and Algernon. More » -
#science
Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
Stanford scientists discover that by changing a mouse's neurons to respond to light, they could use fiber optic cables to influence the mouse to do certain things. The trick is to insert plant genes into the brain first. More » -
#tv
Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
Bangladesh has a disgusting rat problem: It imports 3 million tons of food a year, and rats destroy 1.5-2 million tons of it. So the government made killing rats a legit sport, with prizes. More » -
#vehicles
What Are These Weird People Doing In the Arizona Desert?
Who are these guys and what the heck are they doing driving alien-looking vehicles in the middle of the Arizona desert? I can tell you two things: One, looking at the cool gallery, I wish I was one of them. More » -
#science
This Blue Rat May Have the Secret to Avoid Spinal Cord Injuries
It's not a negative. It's not frozen. This rat's skin is blue and its color may be the secret to avoid spinal cord injuries and paralysis, according to a new study by neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. More » -
#machinesvsnature
In Mozambique, Rats Make Good Mine Detectors
Finding humans to clear minefields is hard. So in Mozambique, they've trained rats to sniff out unexploded ordinance, single out its location by pawing at the ground (careful!), and de-mine the field. More » -
