News tagged with giant cockroaches
With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid
(PhysOrg.com) -- What life form can use materials as nutrients that we, and most other animals, would consider waste products?
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientists snare 'superprawn' off New Zealand
Scientists have captured a "supergiant" crustacean in waters seven kilometres (4.5 miles) deep off New Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists
(AP) -- The East Coast earthquake left more than just residents unaccustomed to feeling the ground shake and sway in a daze. It also surprised some scientists who spend their careers trying to untangle the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Human terrarium, Biosphere 2, looking good at 20
(AP) -- Jane Poynter and seven compatriots agreed to spend two years sealed inside a 3-acre terrarium in the Sonoran Desert. Their mission back in the 1990s: To see whether humans might someday be able to create self-sustaining ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Raising giant insects to unravel ancient oxygen
The giant dragonflies of ancient Earth with wingspans of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) are generally attributed to higher oxygen atmospheric levels in the atmosphere in the past. New experiments in raising modern insects ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Amorous slug, orange snake among finds on Borneo
A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.
Apr 22, 2010 |
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US toys in 2010 are 'green,' high-tech... and cheap
US toy makers are coming out of a long recession tunnel this year, hoping to ride the recovery wave with new lines of classic, "green" and high-tech toys, and a sales pitch centered on affordability.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 16, 2010 |
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New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple
New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.
Dec 24, 2009 |
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Cockroaches advance ASU student’s study of ancient life
Have you ever seen a three-foot dragonfly? Where such gigantic insects once dominated earth, now only diminutive cousins remain. What created these differences? Elyse Munoz, a junior majoring in biology in ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Hissing Cockroaches Are Popular, But They Also Host Potent Mold Allergens
Their gentle nature, large size, odd sounds and low-maintenance care have made Madagascar hissing cockroaches popular educational tools and pets for years. But the giant insects also have one unfortunate characteristic: ...
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Mar 17, 2008 |
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Giant fossil sea scorpion bigger than man
The discovery of a giant fossilized claw from an ancient sea scorpion indicates that when alive it would have been about 2.5 meters long, much taller than the average man.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 21, 2007 |
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