New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.

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A rat sticks its head out of a garbage can as it hunts for food in Bogardus Plaza in Tribeca on August 17, 2022, in New York City.
The prolific rat problem in New York City is caused at least in part by poor food waste disposal, experts say.

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Netflix will allow customers to keep physical DVDs and get 10 more free before the company completely shuts down its rental service

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Netflix is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service after 25 years in operation.

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3 Ukrainian pilots died in a disastrous mid-flight collision days after Western allies announced a new training initiative

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An Aero L-39C Albatros aircraft from Ukraine Air Force flies over Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022.
An Aero L-39C Albatros aircraft from Ukraine Air Force flies over Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022.

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After being asked what his biggest selling point is over Trump, DeSantis delivered a 3-minute ramble that avoided taking direct shots at the GOP frontrunner

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Ron DeSantis (left) and Donald Trump (right).

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco

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Left to right: Marc Andreeseen, Lauren Powell Jobs, and Michael Moritz are some of the prominent Silicon Valley investors who have backed Flannery Associates's pursuit to build a new city in California.

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NASA now has an instrument orbiting Earth that can see major air pollutants across North America, tracing them down to an exact neighborhood

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NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument now orbiting Earth is the first of its kind.

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Florida elementary school apologizes after assembling all the Black children from two grades into a room and telling them to do better

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Empty desks.

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Moscow was again forced to shut down its major airports after Ukraine drones again targeted Russia's capital

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The Sheremetyevo airport is one of three major airports near Moscow that Russian officials say they have temporarily shut down.

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I'm a smug 30-year-old who thought only Luddites like my mom fall for 'smishing' scams. Then it happened to me.

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It looked legit, but in hindsight, there were a few clues it was fake.

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The pedestrian detection systems in self-driving cars are less likely to detect children and people of color, study suggests

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Self-driving cars, like the Cruise model from General Motors pictured above, are already on streets throughout the United States.

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