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Date Time Rethinking pest management to protect native species Australian native species might seem overrun by feral invaders, but Professor Peter Banks has an ingenious idea that could bring the odds back in their favour. As COVID closed down New York’s restaurants and fast food joints, food waste quickly disappeared from gutters, dumpsters and garbage bins. Within days, there were stories of rat gangs fighting in alley ways for scraps. There were stories of rat cannibalism. Though New York has Norway or brown rats, similar scenes possibly played out with Sydney’s black rats which have t...

>> who put a handprint on the declaration of independence? [ echoing ] ♪ >> the declaration of independence is one of the nation's most beloved documents. at some point in history someone put their handprint on it and never fessed up. >> we started at the conservation lab at the u.s. national archives. i have no idea what i'm doing. >> during the revolutionary war period it traveled with congress as they moved from town to town along the east coast. >> we're talking with the curator and conservator to try to help us find clues. do we know how it got there? >> in 1888 the declaration was in p...

>> who put a handprint on the declaration of independence? ♪ >> the declaration of independence is one of the nation's most beloved documents and at some point in history, someone put their handprint on it and never 'fessed up to it. to try to unlock the mystery, we started at the conservation lab at the u.s. national archives. i have no idea what i'm doing. >> during the revolutionary war period it traveled with congress as they moved from town to town along the east coast. >> we're talking about the curator and conservator who will try to help us find clues to

The past. we're right in the center between past and the future. and we try to build those connections as we go along. >> reporter: so the sheikha is building those connections at the museum of modern art. lured out of retirement to create what he calls a piece of sculpture. it's roughly 380,000 square feet, standing on its own island to ensure no buildings would ever overshadow it. in just six years the museum has built the largest collection of islamic art in the world, including manuscripts, ceramics, ivory and precious stones. the exhibits date back as early as the 7th century and have bee...