Rats Spent 50 Years Taking Over New York City. Now the City Is Fighting Back.
One monumental decision in 1971 led to the rodents’ reign of terror. Now city officials are undoing the damage, bin by bin.

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One monumental decision in 1971 led to the rodents’ reign of terror. Now city officials are undoing the damage, bin by bin.

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New research on brainwaves in the thalamus shows patterns distinctly linked to conscious states.

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We have to start counting from 1 again.
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A 1943 Nazi air raid hit the Italian port of Bari, sinking 21 ships with a death toll over 1,000. Every ship was eventually scrapped or salvaged—except one.

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In 1971, the Soyuz 11 mission ended in a tragedy that brought both sides of the Cold War together in mourning.

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New research suggests that fleeting quantum forces leave lasting imprints on the brain, subtly influencing thought, intuition, and the choices we make.

A protest led to an incredible archaeological find at the Liceo Scientifico Cavour in Rome, Italy.

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Scientists thought they found them all.
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Erik Bard went looking for a rational answer—and found a strange electromagnetic clue.

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What sinks to Davy Jones’ Locker doesn’t always stay there.

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In 1971, a self-taught treasure hunter broke into a sealed underground tunnel and discovered a fortune that Japanese forces had hidden at the end of World War II. But he couldn't keep it.

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Scientists have delved into the the genome to accurately predict one of life’s most cryptic events.

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The hybrid freshwater fish actually reproduces exclusively female clones, doing so for much longer than scientists thought was possible.

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Excavations at the famed cathedral have uncovered remnants from the medieval ages to the Roman era.

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In February 1959, a group of hikers died in the mountains. The events sparked theories both scientific and conspiratorial.

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The material could withstand nuclear blasts, but hairdresser and amateur chemist Maurice Ward adamantly kept his formula close to the vest.

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The German town of Echene was mentioned in medieval records, but then vanished from history.

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You can learn it—and “make life enchanted through the power of your mind.”

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Humans evolved to use these peak mind states to do just about anything—with a little practice.

The toxic legacy of wartime dumping could take centuries to clean up.

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