A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world's oldest "bug"—older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid or other related creepy-crawly, according to researchers at The ...
Archaeology
May 28, 2020
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Bed bugs now need to watch their step. Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed a safe, non-chemical resource that literally stops bed bugs in their tracks. This innovative new technology acts as a man-made web ...
Nanomaterials
May 31, 2013
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have discovered the shed skins of bed bugs retain the "obnoxious sweetness" smell often associated with the pests, a finding that could potentially be used to combat ...
Ecology
Jul 20, 2016
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Google said Monday it will close the consumer version of its online social network sooner than originally planned due to the discovery of a new software bug.
Internet
Dec 10, 2018
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A bug over half a metre long discovered in southern China has been declared the world's longest insect, Chinese state media says.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2016
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A pair of natural scientists at Macquarie University in Australia, has found an example of tool use by an insect in Australian assassin bugs. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Fernando Soley and Marie ...
Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber attacks.
Software
Aug 3, 2011
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Anyone who uses multithreaded computer programs -- and that's all of us, as these are the programs that power nearly all software applications including Office, Windows, MacOS, and Google Chrome Browser, and web services ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 2, 2011
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Native North Americans have long adorned themselves and their homes with fragrant sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata), a native plant used in traditional medicine, to repel biting insects, and mosquitoes in particular. Now, researchers ...
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2015
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The series of "Harry Potter" fantasy books was the inspiration for the naming of a new insect discovered by NDSU researchers. The species of stink bug was named "Thestral incognitus," after the imaginary thestrals created ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2014
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