Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are ...

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(CNN) — There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the ...