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Yogurt Gives Male Mice “Swagger”
Shift Buzz When scientists gave a group of mice vanilla yogurt along with their ordinary chow, they noticed the males had some extra confidence: “You know when someone’s at the top of their game, how they carry themselves differently? Well, imagine that in a mouse.” The reason: yogurt had made the mice's testicles grow 5% bigger than average.
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Sleeping Dormouse
It's a shame there's no sound, but hey, who likes snoring. This adorable footage shot by Surrey Wildlife Officer Dave Williams was featured on UK breakfast television.
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Video: Scientists Create Singing Mouse
In a genetically engineered experiment, Japanese scientists at the University of Osaka have created a mouse that tweets like a bird. After crossbreeding genetically altered mice for some time, to see what would happen, they apparently got their first interesting result, by mistake.
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Video: A Rat’s Bath
Rat power! This is one smart rat, she knows how to bathe herself and even responds to her rat master. It doesn't get cuter than this.
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Surfing Mice
Culture Buzz Leave it to the Australians to create strange hobbies… this guy teaches his mice to surf! He's been teaching them for so long now that he's now teaching the grandchildren of his original mice. Now that's commitment! You have to admit although it's a little weird, it's undeniably adorable!
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Image: Cheese Nails
When have we gone too far with nail art? I'm going to go ahead and say right now. Also, FYI: Adding a little mouse on your ring finger does not make this look any less gross.
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G-Spot Mouse
Tech Buzz You know how your mouse currently isn't sexy enough for you? That can all change with the new G-Spot mouse. I bet this is one of those pieces of equipment that are really nice to look at but impossible to figure out how they work. (From, via Richard Chemel.)
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Video: Amazing Cheddar Commercial
At first I was like, awww… but then I was like Lulz! John Nolan's commercial for Nolan's cheddar is best told through narrative. Narrative acted by this adorable mouse and spoken through Survivor's “Eye of the Tiger” lyrics.
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Link: Ladies, Just Say No To Sperm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091201192105...
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Researchers in Japan found out that women live longer than men due to sperm. How did they find this out? By breeding mice with genes from two females and no father to create immortal super mice, of course.
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Image: Vintage Mouse Porn [NSFW]
Jon Haddock takes pre-1970s pornography and redraws it using cartoon mice. Feel weird yet?
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Image: Mouse Stands Up To Leopard
A little mouse in an English zoo sneaks in and steals a leopard's lunch, and doesn't seem to care what the big cat thinks about it.
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The End of Baldness
Science Buzz Quick, call your dad! Scientists are one step closer to finding a cure for baldness after identifying a gene that might cause hair loss. This is great news for all of us because, well, look around you. By the age of 60 two out of three men you see will be affected by it.
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Image: A Mouse Tale
Depending on whether you prefer cats or mice, this is either a tragic tale of nature at its cruelest, or a happy story about a new coat.
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Image: Nintendo Controller Mouse
I may urgently need one of these. Apparently this is just a foam model, but I'll be extremely disappointed if they don't start making them. Or (more likely), I'll completely forget about this and never think about it again. Still: awesome.
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Image: Cute Rodent/Ugly Rodent
The image on the left shows an undeniably cute rat. Which is deeply confusing, because I thought rodents were supposed to be ugly creatures. So which is it? Pick a side of the debate, then post an image of a cute or an ugly rodent to justify your claim. Hopefully we can tip the scales one way or the other and sort this mess out once and for all.
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Exercise in a Pill
Science Buzz No need to get off the couch after all! Scientists experiment with a compound that they say can produce the effects of exercise without exercising. Research so far has only involved mice, but after initial studies it was found that the tested mice could run 44% farther on a treadmill after treatment. The substance is called AICAR, and in the wake of this study, scientists predict it will “fly off the shelves.” It is readily available at most scientific supply outlets, so knock yourselves out.
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Video: Amy Winemouse
Amy Winehouse begs her husband not to divorce her, using baby mice and Pete Doherty. Just when it seemed like she couldn’t get any stranger, she plays with baby mice.
