A mosquito-borne illness known as the chikungunya virus has rapidly spread over the Caribbean and now many cases of the disease have also started to show up the United States, including nearly 30 in the state of Florida. The illness has hit travelers who caught it while they were out of the U.S., stated the […]
It is being reported that a Chinese woman has revealed she shares her home with at least 100,000 cockroaches that she calls her children. Yuan Meixia, age 37, breeds the vermin in her country forest home, located in the Fujian province, in southeast China. Inside, she has replaced all the doors with silk nets and […]
A new study has found that a major component of Truvia, erythritol, is an insect killer. Truvia is a sugar substitute that has become quite popular. Published in PLoS ONE, this study proposes that Truvia has the potential to be a human-friendly and effective insecticide. As far as science knows, there is no other sugar […]
