Science news articles about 'bugs'

  • Toasted Bugs? Tropical Insects May Not Thrive in Warming World [News]

    ... hot for them, which means they could be teetering on the edge of extinction.Take the shield bug--also known as the stinkbug for the nasty smelling liquid it spews when attacked. There are varieties of ...
  • Researchers bring new meaning to the term 'computer bug'

    ... had been flipped into the correct order. The time required to reach the mathematical solution in the bugs reflects the minimum number of flips needed to solve the burnt pancake problem. “The system ...
  • Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution

    ... methods that consider sequences' histories. Such approaches will likely reveal further bugs in our understanding of evolution in future and might challenge the conventional picture of sequence ...
  • Lyme Disease Bug Came From Europe Before Ice Age

    ... Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, originated in America, or so researchers thought. Now, however, scientists has shown that this bug in fact came from Europe, originating from before the Ice Age.
  • Fashion Bug: Teens Turn Dead Cicadas Into Jewelry

    Two 17-year-old jewelry makers from Cape Cod, Massachusetts are hoping swarms of customers will want their latest creations: earrings and necklaces made from dead bugs.
  • Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum

    ... on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.
  • Stomach bug appears to protect kids from asthma, says NYU study

    ... the fact that a stomach harboring H. pylori has a different immunological status from one lacking the bug. When H. pylori is present, the stomach is lined with immune cells called regulatory T cells ...
  • Stink bugs are on the move across Pennsylvania

    ... aromatic, and they're coming to a home near you. Stink bugs are on the move across Pennsylvania ... a bug expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says we should get ready for an extended ...
  • Stomach bug appears to protect kids from asthma, says NYU study

    ... between the ages of 3 and 13 are nearly 59 percent less likely to have asthma if they carry the bug, the researchers report. The study appears in the July 15, 2008, online issue of The Journal of ...
  • Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry

    ... of traps have been placed on the California-Mexico line in an aggressive campaign to stop a tiny bug from bringing in a disease farmers say could wipe out the $1.3 billion citrus industry here....
  • Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum

    ... on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.
  • IBM Debuts 'Grammar Checker' Approach to Catching Software Bugs

    ... each defect. Recognizing these challenges, IBM is introducing new software that intelligently catches bugs and other defects while software code is being written -- rather than after a product that is ...
  • The No-Stick Feet Of Mirid Bugs

    South Africans don't use bug zappers or commercial flypaper to ward off pesky flies, but instead hang up a bunch of Roridula gorgonias leaves. Read More...
  • A bug's life... in a bubble

    ... waters where the bubble surface area is too small. "We were surprised by the fact that, in some cases, bugs may be unable to survive in shallow water. But we did discover they can safely dive as deep ...
  • Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

    ... to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only ... caused by hemipteran insects – insects such as seed bugs (similar to aphids and leaf hoppers) that have sucking ...

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