Flipboard Picks in Science on Nostr: Last week, we had a story about scientists who put bats on a treadmill. This week, a ...
Last week, we had a story about scientists who put bats on a treadmill. This week, a neuroscientist teaches rats to drive. And they love it!
From npub10vk7n70xxgwjxnyjxfypex77mg2lzcsdt5c8jvwpep3a5z7searqmxy6hj (npub10vk…y6hj): "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 pedal."
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And here's the treadmill bats story ICYMI: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism
#Animals #Rats #Bats #Science #Psychology
From npub10vk7n70xxgwjxnyjxfypex77mg2lzcsdt5c8jvwpep3a5z7searqmxy6hj (npub10vk…y6hj): "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 pedal."
https://flip.it/kYvhJ6
And here's the treadmill bats story ICYMI: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vampire-bats-treadmills-metabolism
#Animals #Rats #Bats #Science #Psychology