Author: Jessica Keyes
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Homeless Cats Recruited to Fight Rising Tide of Rats
There’s a new sheriff in Washington D.C. alleys: adopted feral cats. But as rodent-killing machines, New York’s terriers are even better.
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Huge Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers
Mountains of grease and debris known as fatbergs are blocking toilets, breaking pipes, and even being illicitly converted into cooking oil.
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Surreal Cases of Bodies Exhumed for Science
From presidents to outlaws, many types of people have been exhumed to answer questions about how they lived and died.
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Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious
While our ancient ancestors did practice cannibalism, eating other humans just couldn’t compare with taking down a mammoth.
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World’s First ‘Menstrual Cycle in a Dish’ Simulates Female Body
After decades of drug testing on mostly men, a new device may help tailor treatments for different genders.
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A Horrifying List of Creatures That Can Crawl Into Your Body
From roaches in noses to leeches in nether regions, here are the animals most likely to get under your skin.
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Inside the Creepy Collections of an Oddities Museum
Take a peek (if you dare) at weird wonders from the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which just closed its doors for the last time.
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Bizarre-Looking Beetle Has an Even Weirder Sex Life
The trilobite beetle has kept scientists baffled for nearly 200 years.
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The Real Reason Clowns Creep Us Out
The “creepy clown crisis” is a case study in the science of the heebie-jeebies.
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