Word: rodent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...severity of the rodent problem in Adams was the impetus for a University-wide rodent-control program led by Harvard’s entomologist, Gary Alpert, who works in the University’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety...
John Fallon of the Cambridge Inspectional Services has been staring down rodents and rummaging through rubbish for a long time—but he still recalls one of the most egregious restaurant violations in his two-decade-long career.The assistant commissioner, who was once a sanitary inspector, says he observed an extreme case of cross-contamination at one Italian restaurant many years ago.“There was a vat—had to be 30 gallons—of tomato sauce, and a couple of shelves above it was raw chicken,” he says, gesticulating, engrossed...
...standard anxiety-level test. The mice were placed in a darkened chamber, allowed to acclimatize themselves, and were then allowed to explore another brightly lit chamber. Ardayfio and Kim found that, while normal mice readily explored the new area, mice which had received long-term doses of the rodent equivalent of cortisol via drinking water were reluctant to explore and exhibited symptoms that the researchers characterized as anxiety. Anxiety in mice placed in this experimental setup generally predicts how humans will react to stress. In another experiment, Ardayfio and Kim showed that chronically dosed mice reacted less strongly to sudden...
...listed her AIM screen name, which I quickly added to my Buddy List under the “Girls I Don’t Know Yet” group, immediately checking her away which read, “R.I.P Whiskers :(.” Translation: “my pet rodent died, I am frowning.” How endearing.Her profile went on to mention that her house at Harvard was in the Quad. This was disconcerting to me as I am not a fan of long-distance relationships, but with the time I had already invested in our relationship...
...order to reduce the number of rodents in the city, the Cambridge City Council has decided to change its rules about garbage collection and storage. After April 3, residents will not be allowed to leave plastic garbage bags outside overnight for morning collection. According to notifications received by Cambridge residents over the weekend, plastic garbage bags will be allowed on the streets in the morning, but only before the 7 a.m. collection time. Cantabrigians who want to put their trash out the night before collection day will have to do so in garbage containers with tight-fitting lockable lids. Even...