This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...

In 2020, Hungarian software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth came up with a fascinating experiment. With the use of a bootstrap experimental setup consisting of a large polystyrene ball, a ...

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing nightmare that drives frantic calls to pest control experts. By Amanda Holpuch ...

Washington health officials warned residents that heavy rain and floodwater could sweep rats into the sewer systems and up into their ... well ... toilets! The ...

What do you call the bad version of a cherry on top, or icing on the cake? For those in King County reeling from back-to-back atmospheric rivers and the ensuing flooding chaos, it might just be toilet ...

A chaotic rat fight erupts on the tracks after one rodent discovers half a bagel, setting off a surprisingly long and aggressive confrontation. More rats soon join, transforming the moment into a full ...

In 2021 PCG reported on a singular scientific experiment: rats named Carmack and Romero had been taught how to 'play' Doom. I use the inverted commas because, cute and cool as it was, the question of ...

A remote access Trojan (RAT)-as-a-service uses the Google Play Store to build poisoned versions of Android apps. That RAT's name is "Cellik," and it was covered this week in research published by ...

An unexpected passenger snuck onboard a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Aruba on Dec. 10: a rat. According to footage from Dutch media outlet De Telegraaf, a rat appeared from the overhead bins and ...

Rats with naturally high stress levels were far more likely to self-administer cannabis when given access. Behavioral testing showed that baseline stress hormones were the strongest predictor of ...

A Shreveport movie theater failed a second re-inspection from the Louisiana Department of Health due to a rodent issue. Inspectors found rodents, improperly stored food, and unsanitary conditions at ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...