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This community is trying something new to keep rat numbers down: birth control

No one wants rats scurrying about their neighborhood. But they're a cunning and evasive foe. Now, a community near Boston is trying their luck with a different approach: rat birth control.

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Ari Daniel
Ari Daniel is a freelance contributor to NPR's Science desk.

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