Rats learn to drive cars - and find it relaxing

Rats have learned to drive miniature cars in a new experiment conducted by psychology professor Kelly Lambert. She transformed a clear plastic food container into a mini car by adding wheels and three copper bars. The rats learned sophisticated manoeuvres, and analysis of their body chemistry reveals that they found the driving lessons relaxing.

Almost half of Americans believe in ghosts and demons

Nearly half of Americans believe in ghosts and demons, according to a new study. A YouGov survey found that 45% of Americans believe demons and ghosts really exist. However, when it comes to vampires there is greater scepticism – only 13% think they are real.

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Video stills ‘prove Tupac is alive’

The theory that the deceased rapper Tupac is in fact alive has been “boosted” by images from a music video produced a month before the singer’s death. Stills appear to show the singer without any tattoos, despite him being famously covered in them. Conspiracy theorists say this shows the man in the video is a double, which “proves” Tupac never died.

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