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By Joel Golby
News

Deforestation May Be Helping to Spread the Plague in Africa

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By Laura Dattaro
Tech

Growing Corn in East Africa Is Attracting More Plague-Carrying Rats

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By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

Finnish Rats Playing Basketball is a Thing

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By Beckett Mufson
New York Got Richer, Weirder, and Angrier in 2014

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By Harry Cheadle and Wilbert Cooper
Spending a Night with New York’s Finest Rat-Hunting Club

12.09.14

By Will Newman
Tech

I Trained Rats to Trade, and Win, on Wall Street

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By Michael Marcovici
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The Black Plague Is Spreading in Madagascar

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By Allie Conti
Tech

How Many Rats Does New York City Have?

11.04.14

By Ben Richmond
Entertainment

Mike and Claire Present: ‘RATS’

10.31.14

By Mike & Claire
Tech

Here Are All the Poop-Inducing Pathogens Carried by NYC’s Rats

10.16.14

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Why ‘Frankenstein’ Robots Could Be the Future of Artificial Intelligence

10.05.14

By Jordan Pearson

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