The cockroaches are growing stronger
If it's not the heat death of the Earth that consumes us; if we are not snuffed out by blight, famine and the volatile hubris of mankind, it's only a matter of time before the cockroaches rise up and conquer us all. They are growing stronger.
They are keen to our defenses and devour them, snickering all the while at our impotent pest control burlesque. If things continue down this dark path the exterminated, in time, will become the exterminators. This fatalistic vision is brought to you by the very disturbing news that cockroaches have apparently begun to develop a cross-resistance to powerful insecticides.
Cyborg roaches may help in a disaster 01:28Read More"This is a previously unrealized challenge in cockroaches," says Michael Scharf of Purdue University, who led the study."Cockroaches developing resistance to multiple classes of insecticides at once will make controlling these pests almost impossible with chemicals alone."The research was published in the journal Scientific Reports, and will become the ur-text of the coming Global Cockroach Age.
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