"Ratatouille" (Disney, $30), which received only six negative notices out of 192 on the website Rotten Tomatoes to rank as one of the year's best-reviewed films, arrives on DVD today.

When a tree-grown rat tail cactus becomes so long it reaches the ground, it becomes a terrestrial grower. Contact with moist earth elicits instant rooting to access supplemental moisture from the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — While many know the “rat tail” as a questionable hairstyle well past its prime, one man has been growing one for nearly a year to help a friend in need.

Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.

Instead, they grew their jellyfish from the heart muscle cells of a rat. Yes, a rat. They gave it the nickname "Medusoid" and published their results in the journal Nature Biotechnology.