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This illustration shows the VR setup, with an 'overhead threat' projected into the top field of view. Pic: Dom Pinke/Northwestern University

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Scientists make VR goggles for mice so they can feel what it is like to be attacked by a bird

Upon noticing the simulated bird of prey, these terrified bespectacled rodents ran faster on the treadmill used during the tests or froze, both of which are real common responses to overhead threats

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Indian man found alive after night in morgue freezer

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Sachin Tendulkar plays prank on medical staff during Covid-19 test

Recep Mirzan, a 63-year-old retired postman talks to Garip, a female swan that he rescued 37 years ago, in his farmhouse outside Karaagac, in Turkey's western Edirne province, bordering Greece, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Mirzan found the swan, wounded with a broken wing, in an empty field and took her to his home to protect her from wildlife. The swan follows the man whenever he is out of his pen, accompanying him when he is doing his chores around the farm or for his daily evening walks. (AP Photo/Ergin Yildiz)

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Turkish man strikes up 37-year friendship with swan

In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, Lincoln, a Nubian goat, stands in her pen in Fair Haven, Vt. A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor of a Vermont town have helped raise money to renovate a community playground. The Fair Haven town manager came up with the oddball idea of pet mayor elections to raise money and to help get local kids civically involved. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playground

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Mysterious silver monolith disappears from Utah desert

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Wife wants to divorce husband because he doesn’t argue

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