We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a ...
The rats also taught me something profound one morning during the pandemic. It was the summer of 2020, a period marked by emotional isolation for almost everyone on the planet, even laboratory rats.
Rats housed in enriched environments – complete with toys, space and companions – learned to drive faster than those in standard cages. We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal ...