Bug Forecast for 2011

Termites, ants and other pests thrive in moist conditions, and they're expected to be especially prevalent across America this spring. Just how bad your pest problem will be this spring depends on several factors,...

Franklin County Area Expects More Stink Bugs

Bonita Wauls can't control the stink bugs on her front porch. Wauls says "They're bigger and feistier than the first year, they're bolder." Trying common bug traps like fly paper, she had said that "they're so...

Agricultural agents wage war on bugs, plants and disease

A mother from Ecuador who came to visit her pregnant daughter living in Newark was in for a rude shock when the comfort food she brought all the way from Ecuador for her daughter was confiscated by custom agents at the Newark Liberty International Airport."All Alba Lugardo...

Hydrogen Based Life

Some people believe there must be something out there, some other life out in space somewhere. People that have claimed to have been abducted by aliens report smelling a strong odour of rotten eggs. Hydrogen Sulfide smells like rotten eggs. ...

Firefighters Losing Battle Against Bed Bugs

Wow...remind me to never stay at hotels in Cincinnati...or bring a sleeping bag!"An itchy invasion is taking over several fire stations in Cincinnati as fire crews battle it out with bed bugs, local station...

What Do Swallows Swallow?

Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, CanadaWhat do swallows swallow?  Bugs and lots of them.  This spring we hosted a couple of barn swallows on our porch.  They are messy as they make a nest out of packed...

Bed bugs infest New Rochelle cell block, police cruisers

If you need an additional reason to stay out of the backseat of a police car, here you go: bedbugs. It seems that an infestation of the little critters has spread from an upstate NY jail to the police cruisers. " ...

Bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

"“Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to – especially the ones...

Iran joins the gold bugs to fight 25% inflation and sanctions « Peter J. Coo...

" Mohsen Talaie, the deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, told Iran’s Etemad-e Melli newspaper: ‘Upon the decision of the government’s task force a segment of Iran’s foreign exchange assets will be converted into real assets such as gold and stocks.’"

How your computer keyboard is five times dirtier than your toilet seat

I am looking down at my computer keyboard in disgust now.Apparently, your keyboard can harbour more harmful bacteria than your toilet seat! Gross."Many users are at risk of becoming ill with stomach bugs,...

Harvesting Insects Can Help in World Food Crisis

"It doesn't take long for a food crisis to scar a generation of children with long-lasting brain and physical damage.  It is urgent people get access to essential proteins, and one source that can help in...

Pentagon's Cyborg Insects All Grown Up

" For years, now, Pentagon-backed researchers have been trying to create cyborg insects that could serve as living, remote-controlled spies.  The problem is, those modified bugs never survived long enough...

Part 2, Should I Dump ATT Wireless? Bugs and All!

On Sunday I asked the question Should I Dump ATT Wireless? as I was unable to upgrade/replace one of my phones and their process online is/was anything but seamless.On Monday, I called customer service and was told it would be all fixed if I updated my very old plan.Well, it...

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

"Today Apple released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users. According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update (this is really...

Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats

"Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats by Perro de Jong 23-01-2008 Dutch people living abroad are worried about the effects of right-wing politician Geert Wilders' anti-Qu'ran film. In recent weeks Dutch embassies have been busy making emergency plans, a move which many...

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