Tag: mice
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents
Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student.
Mice Can’t Do Calculus but Their Brains Can
Neuroimaging and mathematics showed that a simple Stop! signal in the brain would not allow a mouse to stop as quickly as it in fact did.
Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again
What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness?
About Those “Synthetic Embryos”
I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation.
Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? It Depends
Not much is known for sure about how dogs age. The Dog Aging Project aims to change that through systematic research programs.