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Scientists Figure Out Why Labrador Retrievers Can Never Eat Enough
Veterinary scientists seem to have unraveled a mystery about why certain dogs simply can’t ever get enough to eat. In research out this week, they found evidence that a common mutation in Labrador retrievers causes them to experience greater hunger than usual while also reducing their metabolic rate, both of which make the dogs predisposed…
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The Unhealthiest Dog Breeds
Dogs have been humanity’s stalwart companions for tens of thousands of years. Unfortunately, not every dog is as genetically healthy as they deserve to be, thanks largely to our meddling. Over the past few centuries, human-guided breeding has split dogs into hundreds of distinct breeds, based on specifically desired physical characteristics. And sometimes, these characteristics,…
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YouTuber Who Built Tricorder That’s Better Than the Official Ones Explains How it Works
Some people believe that if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. So that’s exactly what maker Mangy Dog dog did when they built a replica of a Star Trek tricorder that looks straight out of the 24th century. In a recent video, they show off even more of its wildly…
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The CES 2023 Robots That Want to Replace Your Family Pet
As a kid, I had real pets and toy pets. The real pets loved me, for the most part. The plastic dogs of the early 2000s, whether they were the sharp-edged Poo-Chi or the iRobot, didn’t like me nearly as much. Probably because of how often they ended up getting kicked around the basement floor.