Mel Waters' outlandish claims about a large hole on his property that seemingly had no end fascinated radio listeners in the ...

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark. To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of ...

Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed “Chicago rat hole.” (“Pizza Rat” is a notable exception.) But the ...

In January 2024, Chicagoans paid their respects to a peculiar attraction: a rodent-shaped hole stamped into a slab of sidewalk on the city’s North Side. Nicknamed the Chicago Rat Hole or ...

This gave the researchers an answer to a question that has been open for 40 years: whether black-hole pairs exist in the first place. "For the first time, we managed to get an image of two black holes ...

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Chicago’s viral ‘Rat Hole’ is less rat splat, more squirrel squish. Researchers determined it was probably a squirrel that left a rodent-shaped impression in the concrete of the Windy City. Their new ...

Scientists have simulated how M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, powers its immense particle jet. The Frankfurt team’s FPIC code shows that magnetic reconnection, where ...

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The rodent-shaped sidewalk impression has become a beloved local attraction. Turns out Chicago's famous "rat hole" was squirrelly all along. A new study has determined that the famous full-body ...

Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed "Chicago rat hole."But the Windy City's "rat hole" may not be what it ...

TODAY BECAUSE OF THE STORM. OUR MARY SALADNA LIVE IN WOODS HOLE TONIGHT. HEARING FROM PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON THAT BOAT. MARY. YEAH. ERICA, THIS WAS A STRESSFUL ORDEAL FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. BUT THAT ...