[beejiu]

"In this model, mice lived in specially designed cages where food was accessed through a hinged, weighted lid. To eat, the mice had to lift the lid while wearing a small shoulder collar, causing a squat-like movement that engaged the muscle contractions people use during resistance exercise. The load was gradually increased over several days, mimicking progressive strength training."

So the study doesn't really show that weighlifting per se is beneficial, but putting food behind weighted hatches is?

"Voluntary wheel running (EEX) was conducted as previously described in single-housed mice with access to voluntary running wheels and food and water ad-libitum,"

And the runners could each as much as they liked?

Sounds like bunk.

[beala]

This is great news if you're a mouse with diabetes.

[sellmesoap]

As a mouse with diabetes sometimes you have to wonder how did I get here?

[idiotsecant]

This doesn't even have sufficient controls to demonstrate that.

This title could have been called 'mice like to run more than they like to lift weights'

[signatoremo]

But do you know why mice is often used instead of says, cat?

[DanMcInerney]

Does the average "scientist" even care about quality these days or is it all just whatever headline makes their funders happy?

[setopt]

Selection bias. The average scientist doesn’t write oversimplified popsci articles that go viral.

[laughing_man]

The editor nearly always chooses the title when an article is published.

[tangenter]

It drives engagement. That’s the metric for why this gets posted.