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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...

created by LarryDeezell | 9 wks ago
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Harvesting Insects Can Help in World Food Crisis

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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...

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created by Hopenow | 1 year ago | updated 14 wks ago
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talwin0323

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The Evolution of Plant Minds

I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

opinion by Mortal | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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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...

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created by Suranee | 35 wks ago
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Victor Svensson

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Apple stomps bugs with iPhone 2.1 software release

Apple has released the fix to the problems users were experiencing with the iPhone. Version 2.1 of the iPhone software is now available."The company's software update page shows just how big: " Decrease in...

created by Tina Kells | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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. ...

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created by Sputnic | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

created by Leonard Brody | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Barbara McPherson

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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...

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created by Barbara McPherson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Smashed! Evil bed bug (and I suspect my blood)

timbeckenham

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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. " ...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

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created by René | 1 year ago
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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.’"

created by arabianmoney | 1 year ago
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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,...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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JonBaker

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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...

created by JonBaker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

created by leconcierge | 1 year ago
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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...

created by infomatique | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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