Half a decade later, Tóth’s setup has received a major upgrade, giving the daring demon-slaying rats an entirely newfound level of immersion. That’s in large part thanks to a small, foldable AMOLED ...

TL;DR: Rats named Carmack and Romero, previously trained to play DOOM, have advanced their skills by learning to shoot the in-game weapon using a new trigger mechanism. This breakthrough highlights ...

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 ...

Before they could do anything else, the neuroscientists had to teach the rats how to play hide-and-seek. Michael Brecht at the Humboldt University of Berlin concocted the idea. His student Annika ...