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Researchers shed light on cockroaches’ vanishing act
Researchers shed light on cockroaches’ vanishing act (via The Bay Citizen) Insects swing like a pendulum to hide under cracks and ledges. You’ve seen it and begrudgingly admired it: the speed and swiftness with which a cockroach vanishes when you turn on a light while entering a dark room. Now,…
Cockroaches hold clues to antibiotics for ‘superbugs’
One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope. The brain and nervous system of the cockroach and the locust hold nine molecules that are toxic to superbugs which are becoming resistant to mainstream drugs, Nottingham University, central England, said in…
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