Culture Beaker Science & Society In many fields of science, it’s always the year of the rat By Rachel Ehrenberg January 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm Share this:FacebookTwitterPocketRedditPrintEmail This article is only available to Science News subscribers. Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives. Client key* E-mail* Log in Not a subscriber? Science News is a nonprofit. Support us by subscribing now. Subscribe