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Mice Speak a Surprisingly Sophisticated Language of Love
And the better we understand the way mice communicate, the better our understanding of the autistic spectrum in humans.
Being a Food Safety Inspector Means Never Forgetting the Smell of Cockroaches
As a food safety and sanitation professional, I was hired by large restaurant corporations to inspect their various locations. And what I saw was not even close to pretty.
This Could Be Why You're Painfully Sober After a One-Night Stand
Researchers in Australia have found that it's way harder to be a drunk idiot if you're all jacked up on hormones—namely, oxytocin: "the cuddle chemical."
Technology Is Making Us Stupid
In Nicholas Carr's the Glass Cage, the Pulitzer-shortlisted author makes a compelling argument on the way technology has failed us—from aircraft autopilot to GPS maps—and the perils of being forever trapped in the beam of our smartphones.
Watch Actually Huizenga Dance on the Beach with Mice in 'Predator Romantic'
When singer Actually Huizenga sent us her latest music video, we knew it would include something weird, but nothing prepared us for this mix of aerobics, water, and mice.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Cop Allegedly Shot a Woman Because She Honked at Him
Also this week: A guy freaked out because he saw some mice outside a McDonald's.
Brain-Hacking Scientists Turned Mice's Bad Memories into Good Ones
The emotional "valence" of a memory can be easily switched, once you know where in the brain it's stored.
Visiting the Last Remnants of San Francisco's Low Income Apartment Buildings
San Francisco's SROs (single room occupancy housing) once used to function as low-cost dormitory-style apartments for the city's artists, students, and transient workers. In the first in a three-part series, we look at SROs today: mismanaged apartments...
Scientists Confirm Vampires Were Onto Something
Studies suggest that proteins in young blood can reverse the effects of aging in the body, validating a cultural fascination with vampirism.
Eating Meat Might Kill Me
Most people wouldn't consider my job as a food writer to be dangerous, but I recently learned that I might be fatally allergic to meat. I won't know for sure until August, but until then, I'll take my chances.