The Aerie
This is why I believe academicians should be forced to work in the private sector on a recurring, periodic basis. Preferably in Marketing.
"A Stanford researcher has received initial permission to create a human-mouse hybrid as long as the creature acts like a mouse and not like a human being."
Great! Just what the world needs - arrogant, hypocritical mice.
It's doomed to fail, of course. The first thing that the "humouse" will do is learn to conceal its nefarious, scheming plans for world domination. And its taxes: it will conceal them both.
I don't know about you, but I'm putting my affairs in order. I've read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," I've seen "Pinky and the Brain," I know how much trouble superintelligent lab mice can be. First they want brains, next they'll want rights, soon I'll be slouching to work on the train, reporting to a tiny, white boss, and spending the day fetching cheese and running in a pointless wheel.
Or, wait, did this already happen?