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Scooby and the gang face a horror far scarier than any ghoul or goblin in this preview of Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5: a comics history lesson!Published Sun, 12 Feb 2023 21:26:11 -0600 by Jude Terror | Welcome to Bleeding Cool's preview of Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5! In this issue, Scooby and the gang face a horror far scarier than any ghoul or goblin: a comics history lesson! If you thought solving mysteries with the help of Batman would be easy, you'd be wrong. This issue of Batman and Scooby-Doo…

Meeces Pieces Petoons Studio’s long-in-development adventure title Curse of the Sea Rats is finally ready to up anchor and set sail on the indie seas — The “Ratoidvania” will finally launch on PC and console platforms April 6, bringing its animated anthropomorphic action to players everywhere. Curse of the Sea Rats, as we have reported many a time, is the tale of a party of British colonial prisoners, who find themselves cursed by the wicked pirate witch, Flora Burn. Now morphed into rodent form, it is up to rebellious…

The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century.One of the most commonly recited facts about plague in Europe was that it was spread by rats. In some parts of the world, the bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, maintains a long-term presence in wild rodents and their fleas. This is called an animal "reservoir".While plague begins in rodents, it sometimes spills over to humans. Europe may have once hosted animal reservoirs…

The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century. One of the most commonly recited facts about plague in Europe was that it was spread by rats. In some parts of the world, the bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, maintains a long-term presence in wild rodents and their fleas. This is called an animal "reservoir".…

The Celebration Kundan’s first film was a grand undertaking. As soon as word spread that he was planning a film, a large number of his batchmates, some with and some without his permission, announced their intentions of getting involved: some, including me, as advisors, as writers, as assistant directors, and in the camera, editing and sound engineering departments. A group of graduates from the National School of Drama and a couple of freelancers joined the creative process too. Kundan Shah in 2015 in Mumbai.…

The ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. has shortened life expectancy and caused untold suffering. The synthetic drug fentanyl has been particularly devastating, because it’s so potent compared to other opioids. New research in rats may offer a glimmer of hope, however: Scientists found that an experimental vaccine can prevent the behavioral and physiological effects of fentanyl, by producing antibodies that bind to the drug in the bloodstream. The work is detailed in a study published in late October in the journal…

The ability to pick up the beat in a song and predict its timing, perhaps even shaking your hips to it if you’re that adept on the dance floor, is thought to be skill unique to humans. Known as beat synchronicity, new research suggests this may well extend to the animal kingdom, with scientists uncovering the ability in rats.Scientists at the University of Tokyo were inspired to explore the potential for beat synchronicity in animals by recent research hinting at the capability, and viral videos like this one of a parrot…

Scientists who are training rats to save people from under the debris of a building after an earthquake have shared an update about the project. These scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology are training the rats to locate a survivor in a simulated room, pull a switch on their vest to trigger a beeper and then return to base where they are rewarded with a treat, according to a report in CNN. The project, brainchild of Belgian non-profit organisation APOPO, also involves the use of a backpack.The backpack will…

Off the coast of Southern California, amid a literal sea of troubles—warming waters, microplastic pollution, overfishing—is a 96-square-mile conservation success story. Santa Cruz Island once teemed with feral pigs and invasive Argentine ants until the Nature Conservancy unleashed a coordinated campaign of eradication. That’s allowed the adorable island fox to bounce back from the brink of extinction. The battle was won, but the war wasn’t over, because the Nature Conservancy now has to defend that territory from yet…

Researchers at Stanford University have transplanted human neurons into rat brains, seen them mature into hybridized brain circuits and then used them to influence the rodents’ behavior. The work marks an impressive step forward for neuroscience, and could see rat brains serve as living laboratories for the study of cognitive disorders.When it comes to organs in the human body, the brain is as complex as they come, and by the same token, an incredibly difficult object to study. In recent years we’ve seen scientists make…