Hail our new rat overlords

We all know that science is the reason we have so many problems today, but it seems they’re not done making the world worse for us. Now they’re getting our foes better acquainted with running our lives.

A team of researchers have set up a system that allows rats to control a “human-shaped avatar” in a virtual environment while humans control a similarly-shaped robot inside their cage. Apparently this is going to break new ground in how humans and animals interact.

If you ask us, it’s just one step closer to the animals being able to control us with their thoughts.