Mice are the new airport security guards

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Scientists in Israel have developed a detector with three concealed cartridges each containing eight detector mice that can sniff out drugs and explosives better than dogs, according to the New Scientist.
The device was tested last year on 1,000 shoppers in a Tel Aviv shopping mall. The mice successfully picked out 22 people carrying mock explosives.

Unions need not be concerned. The mice only work four hour shifts.

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