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  1. Animals

    The viral Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ almost certainly wasn’t made by a rat

    Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.

    By Amanda Heidt
  2. Environment

    How a Yurok family played a key role in the world’s largest dam removal project 

    In The Water Remembers, Amy Bowers Cordalis shares her family’s account of the Indigenous-led fight to restore the Klamath River in the Pacific Northwest.

    By Aina Abell
  3. Materials Science

    New wetsuit designs offer a layer of protection against shark bites

    By weaving Kevlar or polyethylene nanofibers into standard neoprene in wetsuits, researchers found ways to limit injury during rare encounters with sharks.