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Whether you are a science buff or more of a humanities guy, it could be assumed that every adult knows what a microscope is, and what it is used for in most cases. Well, not too many people are familiar with the material that makes up spider silk, but the few that do believe that spider silk can be used to make microscopes even more effective

How To Prevent Tick Bites That Cause Lyme Disease The Blacklegged Tick is every outdoorsman's worst nightmare next to bigfoot. These ticks transmit bacteria to humans and other animals that cause Lyme disease. Two notable doctors working for the Centers for Disease Control insist that they know of the best methods for preventing Lyme disease. Given their extensive research on Lyme disease, I am inclined to follow their advice, which focuses on personal protection and controlling the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in the environment.

When most people think of deadly insect venom, they imagine being rushed to the hospital, probably as they writhe in excruciating pain. But the researchers at Venomtech

Scientists have finally sequenced the genome of the tobacco hornworm

You would think that insects, being as miniscule in size as they are compared to humans, wouldn't pose much of a threat to us. True, mosquitos, ticks, and fleas spread pretty awful diseases, but for the most part insects can't usually kill us directly. It's the disease that kills people, and the insect just happens to carry it. However, deaths do in fact occur where the insect murderer is directly responsible for ending a person's life

We have all heard about the black widow spider before, but what about its lesser known cousin the brown widow? Probably not, because this spider has always been found in tropical areas, until recently that is. Lately residents of the Southeastern United States have been reporting brown widow sightings, and they are only increasing. Entomologists located in this area have also been documenting its increased prevalence in the USA

Bed bugs originated in the tropics and have been annoying people for a very long time. They were first documented during the first century, and they are noted for their ability to hitchhike on people's clothes or other sources of fabric. Bed bugs have likely been a problem for humans since day one, but there are several reasons as to why they are becoming a big problem now.

Mosquitoes are the most dangerous creatures on the earth. They kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, which is more than any other animal on the planet, although I am sure that they are rivaled by humans. With the advent of Zika, there are many people shrugging and asking about what would happen if we humans simply killed all of the mosquitoes in the world.

An insect enthusiast vacationing in Thailand lifted a rock with the hopes that maybe he would stumble upon an undiscovered type of bug. He did indeed find a creature that he had never seen before, but a colleague of his had just discovered it in the same country. That is a bummer for the guy vacationing, but at least he got to study it before anyone else. The centipede has been named Scolopendra Cataracta,