November 09, 2009 - ...Awesome Lawsome tells you about all the unexpected laws out there, gems like the fact that it is illegal to “smell a rat” in Colorado, or that it is illegal to “insert a coin in your ear” in Hawaii....

October 17, 2009 - ...Stop the rat race, I want out! By WALLACE IMMEN More than a third of Canadians who answered a survey said the recession has caused them to re-evaluate their careers With his job as a data analyst at Bell Canada in Calgary winding down, Jeff...

October 13, 2009 - ...to the top spot only by the rat-tailed strands of a mullet....

September 23, 2009 - Together with DesignBoom.com, Nissan is holding a ‘Think Outside the Parking Box’ competition and has commissioned Le Creative Sweatshop to campaign the advertising rat race. Known for their usage of paper creations, it’s no surprise that they’ve...

September 22, 2009 - The naked mole rat, native to parts of East Africa, may just be the next step in our search for the cure to cancer. These rodents, surprisingly, are immune to cancer. It is nearly impossible to culture naked mole rat cells in the lab.

September 17, 2009 - What is black, beige and red-all-over? The Spring/Summer 2010 3.1 Phillip Lim shoes, that’s what. The Phillip Lim woman will be soaring above the rat race come spring in death-defying footwear. What with the rubescent collection it seems only...

September 01, 2009 - Although I’ve never had to catch a mouse using a mousetrap, I often wonder how you would pick up a dead mouse or rat without being susceptible to all sorts of diseases. Sarah Dery has designed a hygienic way of catching mice, by creating...

August 17, 2009 - Adam Stennett’s paintings are so realistic, they could definitely pass as photographs. Although Adam Stennett has an endless collection of oil paintings, the artwork in the gallery above shows just a portion of his assortment of rat art.

August 12, 2009 - I guess they didn’t get the couch at IKEA. Four months later, a mother of three found a four-foot snake curled underneath the living-room table. It turned out to be a yellow rat snake, which are non-venomous.

August 06, 2009 - Heath Ledger had been working on a video for the band Modest Mouse and their song ‘King Rat’ at the time of his death, and the animated video has now been released. Take a look at the newly-released Modest Mouse single ‘King Rat.