Experimental Musings

Scientists at the University of Richmond have been teaching rats how to drive and, unlike what happens to human drivers during rush hour, the rats’ stress level has gone down! That’s right, teaching rats … to drive … to lower stress.

In case you haven’t noticed, it's cold out there again! One way to study how our overall climate is doing is by looking at our first frost date of the season.

Consider for a moment how valuable it is that we have the ability to communicate with one another. Other animals communicate, too, but we still know very little about how their chatter translates. A recent study tried to solve a piece of this big puzzle by studying bats.

Recently, marches and rallies took place around the globe to implore world leaders to act on climate change. This is a global issue that absolutely has local impacts. So let's look at what role we here in Virginia will play moving forward.

They say everything's bigger in Texas. Apparently that includes renewable energy generated by wind power! Texas is leading the nation in generating wind power.