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Scientists Build a Smarter Rat

Posted by timothy on from the politicians-still-mostly-in-the-lead dept.

destinyland writes "Scientists have engineered a more intelligent rat, with three times the memory length of today's smartest rats. Reseachers bred transgenic over-expression of the NR2B gene, which increased communication between the rat's memory synapses. Activating a crucial brain receptor for just a fraction of a second longer produces a dramatic effect on memory, as proven by the rat's longer memories of the path through a maze."

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  1. Finally, Something To Replace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the illiterate and innumerate U.S.A. population.

    From Literacy In the U.S.A. :

    "Thus, if this bottom quantile of the study is equated with the functionally illiterate, and these are then removed from those classified as literate, then the resultant literacy rate for the United States would be at most 65-85% depending on where in the basic, minimal competence quantile one sets the cutoff."

    Yous In Baikonur,
    Kilgore T.