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For a scene in which a lab rat dies and then reanimates, Alvarez enlisted Tippett Studio, the outfit run by legendary effects master Phil Tippett, to make a model rodent move through stop-motion animation.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
This time, the species of choice was the laboratory rat.
—Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Lance Neal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The plan, broadly speaking, is to try self-fertilization in tobacco—the crop equivalent of a lab rat—and then in rice.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Jack’s father is, in an excellent set piece, slowly manipulated by Facebook’s algorithm into a sort of MAGA lab rat.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Back in the early 20th century, doctors would inject samples of a woman’s urine into a lab rat to test for pregnancy, no kidding!
—Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2023
The history of the lab rat dates back centuries, and the sequencing of the rat genome in the early 2000s means rat research is providing more insight than ever.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2023
Both sets of rats also had the option of eating standard healthy lab rat fare.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2010
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
This time, the species of choice was the laboratory rat.
—Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Lance Neal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The plan, broadly speaking, is to try self-fertilization in tobacco—the crop equivalent of a lab rat—and then in rice.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Jack’s father is, in an excellent set piece, slowly manipulated by Facebook’s algorithm into a sort of MAGA lab rat.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Back in the early 20th century, doctors would inject samples of a woman’s urine into a lab rat to test for pregnancy, no kidding!
—Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2023
The history of the lab rat dates back centuries, and the sequencing of the rat genome in the early 2000s means rat research is providing more insight than ever.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2023
Both sets of rats also had the option of eating standard healthy lab rat fare.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2010
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
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“Lab/laboratory rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%2Flaboratory%20rat. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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