Actor Nicholas Hoult reveals that around 5,000 rats were used to film some scenes in 'Nosferatu', but it was his co-star Bill ...

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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 gas ...

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Forget the cheese — these rats have a need for speed. Scientists teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but they actually ...