Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Algernon might have been buddies with Doogie, a genetically enhanced mouse studied at Princeton in 1999. And yes, they named him after Doogie Howser, MD. (Source)
Want to keep on reading about smart mice? Some brand-new research tries to use human brain cells to give mice a brain boost. Algernon, move over. (Source)
Want to hear Charlie sing? Flowers has a long history of being performed as a musical. (Source)
Check it: Flowers for Algernon first appeared as a short story in a science fiction mag, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. (Source)