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Twitter's New York office has a cockroach problem

Twitter staff have spotted cockroaches in employee areas including showers and a changing room at t…

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A pest company says it will pay you $2,000 to release 100 cockroaches into your home and study what happens

The pests are difficult to get rid of due to their hard shell and resiliency, as well as the speed …

Grace Kay   


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What makes cockroaches the most undying insect?

This species has a massive number of genes, much more than other insects like honeybees, fruit…

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Why cockroaches are so hard to kill

Cockroaches are one of the most widespread and resilient creatures on this planet. They are practic…

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Database startup Cockroach Labs raises $55 million as it prepares to add a 'no Amazon clause' to its software and get ahead of the cloud giant

"The goal is how do we compete with this behemoth incumbent AWS when they'll stop at nothing," Cock…

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The Worst Way To Eliminate A Cockroach

"The crushing in itself doesn't really spread eggs," said Louis Sorkin, a scientist in the entomolo…

Dina Spector   


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Cold-Resistant Japanese Cockroaches Have Arrived In NYC

The species is called the Japanese Cockroach (its scientific name is Periplaneta japonica). It's na…

Jennifer Welsh   


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215 gray whales got stranded on North American shores last year. Scientists think some of them were blinded during solar storms.

The Asian gray whale population consists of just 200 whales (or fewer) and is listed as endangered.…

Aylin Woodward   


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There are hundreds of bugs in the average American home

Bertone tells Tech Insider that they don't yet know exactly how these populations would vary in hom…

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I moved to NYC from Denmark. I may have left one of the 'happiest' countries in the world, but New York is more exciting.

A postdoc who moved to New York says it's the most expensive place she's ever lived, but it's more …

Charissa Cheong   


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Millennials inherited a dusty old apartment in Italy. They renovated it — only to be told they should have left it alone.

A young couple was told they "destroyed" their Rome apartment because they decided to modernize it …

Maria Noyen   


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3 seafoods that are only popular because of marketing schemes

Lobster was once considered low-class, Chilean sea bass is just a toothy cod, and calamari was used…

Grace Eliza Goodwin   


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10 ways to get rid of roaches and keep them out permanently

While large-scale roach infestations should be handled by exterminators, there are methods to manag…

Megan Wahn   


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An all-time high for stocks could be a sign investors are getting ahead of themselves

In today's big story, we're looking at why a slew of good news for the stock market doesn't guarant…

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4 ways to get rid of roaches and how to keep them out

While large-scale roach infestations should be handled by exterminators, there are methods to manag…

Megan Wahn   


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This is the banking crisis that doesn't end

JPMorgan's acquisition of First Republic was meant to put an end to the banking crisis, but it cont…

Dan DeFrancesco   


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Trump trial judge Arthur Engoron: Who is the quippy, Ivy league-educated judge deciding the fate of Trump's NY business empire?

Judge Arthur Engoron, a Democrat, has ruled repeatedly against Trump in the 3 years he's been presi…

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A British fighter captured in Ukraine by Russian forces says he was beaten up, stabbed, and 'treated worse than a dog'

British fighter Aiden Aslin was among the 10 international prisoners of war who were released by Ru…

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Fed up New Yorkers are taking to TikTok to lament rat-infested apartments and ridiculous rent hikes that are making living in the city impossible

Many young NYC transplants are planning to return to their parents' houses as the median Manhattan …

Mara Leighton   


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I'm a Canadian who used to live in NYC. Here are 9 things I don't miss about the US.

I moved back home to Canada after living in Brooklyn, and there are some aspects of America I don't…

Anna Haines