Word: mice
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nightmare" will leave children in awe and the childish among us fairly impressed. It lacks the fully adult sensibilities of a good Simpsons episode but is light-years away from the earnest treacle of "The Night Before Christmas." You know, the one with the big-eyed mice...
...neither will gourmand mice will have any fun: No hamburger option for them. The only nutrition they'll receive is a high-class "prepared irradiated mouse diet" prepared to keep all mice healthy and free of infection...
...researchers whose delicate experiments depend on such a facility and the rodents it supports, such delays are no joke. McMahon and Robertson must commute to the larger Medical School mouse facilities in Boston, which house 30-40,000 mice...
...Mice are the best experimental option because their physiology and in utero developmental processes have many similarities to that of humans, McMahon says. Mice also breed quickly and in fairly large litters, shortening experimental periods...
Some friends often complain to me about their computer mice, which they find disobedient after five or six months of use: the pointer seldom moves in the direction you want it to go. The source of the problem can often be traced to the dust and dirt that has accumulated inside of the device. So clean your mouse (or trackball) interior often. It's an easy job and it may save you a lot of eye strain or wrist pain...