http://www.newsvine.com/bugsNewsvine - bugsen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 5 Sep 2012 21:01:32 +0000Sun, 19 May 2013 23:28:32 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13684266-plague-hantavirus-west-nile-how-to-avoid-themhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13684266-plague-hantavirus-west-nile-how-to-avoid-themusglancehealthwest-nilemedbugssummerWed, 5 Sep 2012 17:58:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, a rat wanders the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. Hantavirus, West Nile, Lyme disease and now, bubonic plague. The bugs of late summer are biting, although the risk of getting many of these scary-sounding diseases is very small. Bubonic plague can spread through contact with an infected flea, rodent or cat. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, mosquitos are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Hantavirus, West Nile, Lyme disease and now, bubonic plague. The bugs of late summer are biting, although the risk of getting many of these scary-sounding diseases is very small. West Nile is spread through mosquitoes. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)</p><p>FILE - This photo combo shows, from top, a wood tick - or dog tick - clings to a pencil used for scale, in Springfield, Ill. on June 8, 2010, mosquitoes are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas on Aug. 16, 2012, and a rat wanders the subway tracks at Union Square in New York on June 15, 2010. Hantavirus, West Nile, Lyme disease and now, bubonic plague can be spread potentially by ticks, mosquitoes, and rats. (AP Photo/File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13508955-prehistoric-tiny-bugs-found-trapped-in-amberhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13508955-prehistoric-tiny-bugs-found-trapped-in-amberusscienceancientscitrappedbugsMon, 27 Aug 2012 19:07:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated handout photo provided by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the University of Göttingen shows photomicrographs of the two new species of ancient gall mites in 230-million-year-old amber droplets from northeastern Italy. The gall mites were named: Triasacarus fedelei, left, and Ampezzoa triassica. (AP Photo/A. Schmidt, University of Göttingen, Proceedings of the National Academy)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/25/11880797-blm-rejects-permit-for-methane-bacteria-projecthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/25/11880797-blm-rejects-permit-for-methane-bacteria-projectusus-newsmethanebugsFri, 25 May 2012 16:38:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10909095-starbucks-draws-flak-over-dye-made-from-bugshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10909095-starbucks-draws-flak-over-dye-made-from-bugsfoodstarbucksvegetariansbugspiesstrawberriescremeonly-on-msnbc-comcreme-frappuccinosWed, 28 Mar 2012 22:27:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Starbucks has landed in hot water with some vegetarians over a decision to use a food coloring made from crushed bugs in products including its Strawberries and Creme Frappuccinos and red velvet whoopee pies.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867716-in-praise-of-germs-why-bugs-are-necessary-for-kidshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867716-in-praise-of-germs-why-bugs-are-necessary-for-kidsscienceimgbugsmicroscopicprestigiousonly-on-msnbc-comalignleftclearallstylemarginMon, 26 Mar 2012 13:00:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Attention, germaphobes. Exposure to the microscopic bugs is crucial for keeping kids healthy, according to new research in the prestigious journal Science.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10683454-youve-got-gripes-readers-sound-offhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10683454-youve-got-gripes-readers-sound-offpeoplehowbugsgripesventheresbothersonly-on-msnbc-comWed, 14 Mar 2012 12:12:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10588574-warm-winter-may-bring-pest-filled-springhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10588574-warm-winter-may-bring-pest-filled-springusfarmfoodwinterscienceus-newsbugsmildmild-winterTue, 6 Mar 2012 06:59:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/17/8368519-kudzu-bug-threatens-to-eat-us-farmers-lunchhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/17/8368519-kudzu-bug-threatens-to-eat-us-farmers-lunchusus-newseast-asianbugskudzukudzu-bugsMon, 17 Oct 2011 19:42:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter shows a sweep net filled with "kudzu bugs" caught in a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter sweeps for "kudzu bugs" at a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter shows the stains left after capturing "kudzu bugs" at a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University entomologist Jeremy Greene shows a soybean plant from a test plot in Blackville, S.C. The plant is covered in "kudzu bugs," an Asian pest that is wreaking havoc on U.S. soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Jack Richardson stands beside his tractor after spraying a field in Blackville, S.C. Farmers are wrestling with the so-called "kudzu bug," which also loves to eat soybeans. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter shows a sweep net filled with "kudzu bugs" caught in a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter sweeps for "kudzu bugs" at a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University doctoral student Nick Seiter shows the stains left after capturing "kudzu bugs" at a test plot in Blackville, S.C. Seiter is studying the invasive Asian bug, which is wreaking havoc on soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Clemson University entomologist Jeremy Greene shows a soybean plant from a test plot in Blackville, S.C. The plant is covered in "kudzu bugs," an Asian pest that is wreaking havoc on U.S. soybean crops. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p><p>In this Sept. 30, 2011 photo, Jack Richardson stands beside his tractor after spraying a field in Blackville, S.C. Farmers are wrestling with the so-called "kudzu bug," which also loves to eat soybeans. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8208546-bugging-out-bedbugs-stir-extreme-anxietyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8208546-bugging-out-bedbugs-stir-extreme-anxietylifeshenorth-carolinabedbugsbedbugbugspesticidesanxietymore-health-newsonly-on-msnbc-comFri, 7 Oct 2011 12:13:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 file photo, a bed bug is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington. A government study counted one death and 80 illnesses linked to bedbug-targeting insecticides used from 2008 through 2010. Many were do-it-yourselfers who misused the chemicals or used the wrong product. Most of the cases were in New York City, the apparent epicenter of a recent U.S. bedbug comeback. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/20/6680443-stink-bug-spread-worries-growers-across-nationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/20/6680443-stink-bug-spread-worries-growers-across-nationbusinessusfarmfoodus-newsbugsstinkstink-bugsFri, 20 May 2011 07:17:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/05/6412735-companies-use-microbes-to-turn-wyo-coal-into-gashttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/05/6412735-companies-use-microbes-to-turn-wyo-coal-into-gasusus-newsmethanebugsTue, 5 Apr 2011 18:40:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This March 17, 2011 photo shows vice president of engineering for Luca Technologies, Roland DeBruyn, left, and the company's vice president of operations, Verlin Dannar, standing at a coal-bed methane well near Gillette, Wyo. The company plans to boost the well's production by filling it with water and nutrients to encourage coal-eating microbes to produce methane. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5778308-bacteria-also-removed-spilled-methane-from-gulfhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5778308-bacteria-also-removed-spilled-methane-from-gulfussciencescieatingbugsdeepwater-horizonoil-eatingThu, 6 Jan 2011 19:00:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/27/5361648-un-not-letting-the-bed-bugs-bitehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/27/5361648-un-not-letting-the-bed-bugs-biteunbedworld-newsbugsWed, 27 Oct 2010 20:07:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/11/5270805-bedbug-invasion-is-turning-into-big-businesshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/11/5270805-bedbug-invasion-is-turning-into-big-businessbusinessbedbugsbedbugbugsexterminationpestsaysus-businessonly-on-msnbc-comhenriksenMon, 11 Oct 2010 11:45:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Brian Hirch, Sales Manager for Protect A Bed, wears a bed bug hard hat as he displays literature during the first North American Bed Bug Summit, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, in Rosemont, Ill. The event's sponsor, BedBug Central, says the two-day summit will host 14 of the nation?s leading entomologist and bed bug specialists, along with a gathering of bed bug-industry related vendors. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122317-natural-gas-may-have-jump-started-oil-eating-bugshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122317-natural-gas-may-have-jump-started-oil-eating-bugsussciencescieatingbugsgulf-oiloil-eatingThu, 16 Sep 2010 18:03:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/24/4961281-new-microbe-discovered-eating-oil-spill-in-gulfhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/24/4961281-new-microbe-discovered-eating-oil-spill-in-gulfusgulfsciencescieatingbugsoil-eatingTue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES. </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4754764-a-real-nightmare-bed-bugs-biting-all-over-ushttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4754764-a-real-nightmare-bed-bugs-biting-all-over-usbusinesshealthbedbugnewscontrolbedbugsbugsnational-pest-management-associationpestinfestationsexterminatorsmore-health-newsonly-on-msnbc-comMon, 26 Jul 2010 13:15:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Harold Harlan, entomologist</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/02/4602844-ny-hollister-store-reopens-after-bed-bug-scarehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/02/4602844-ny-hollister-store-reopens-after-bed-bug-scarebusinessusnew-yorkbedabercrombiebugsbed-bugsFri, 2 Jul 2010 18:12:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/21/3044509-predators-battle-bugs-become-pests-themselveshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/21/3044509-predators-battle-bugs-become-pests-themselvesusus-newsbugsgone-wildTue, 21 Jul 2009 16:40:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/09/2661342-us-wages-war-on-bugs-afflicting-troops-abroadhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/09/2661342-us-wages-war-on-bugs-afflicting-troops-abroadwarus-newsbugsThu, 9 Apr 2009 18:13:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>These undated photos provided by the Louisiana State University AgCenter and taken by post-doctoral researcher Tom Mascari, show a female sand fly marked with Rhodamine B, a fluorescent dye, using brightfield microscopy, left, and using fluorescence microscopy, right. The images were taken as part of research to learn whether sandflies could be killed by feeding rats on bait laced chemicals toxic to the flies but harmless to the rodents. (AP Photo/LSU AgCenter, Tom Mascari) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1332548-study-shows-bacteria-are-common-in-snowhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1332548-study-shows-bacteria-are-common-in-snowsnowsciencebugsThu, 28 Feb 2008 19:00:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A robin loads up on berries in a snow storm in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. A late-winter storm is expected to bring a foot or more of snow to parts of New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p>nul http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/24/1322278-researchers-say-bugs-could-ease-faminehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/24/1322278-researchers-say-bugs-could-ease-faminethailandforworld-newsbugshungrySun, 24 Feb 2008 18:29:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/15/1232106-digigirl-treasure-hunting-for-the-masseshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/15/1232106-digigirl-treasure-hunting-for-the-massestravelchinabugtreasurebugsgeocachingcachedigigirltravel-bugsgaudreaucachersgeocoinsTue, 15 Jan 2008 23:59:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postnul http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/05/1006244-bugs-plague-yankeeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/05/1006244-bugs-plague-yankeesmlbsportsyankeesindiansbugsbug-gameSat, 6 Oct 2007 03:24:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, right, applies bug spray to relief pitcher Mariano Rivera before the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game against the Cleveland Indians Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)</p>nul<p>New York Yankee head trainer Gene Monahan sprays New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain with bug spray as swarms of small insects swarm in the eighth inning of Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game agianst the Cleveland Indians Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)</p>nul http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/04/1002850-smugglers-try-to-use-bugs-as-drug-muleshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/04/1002850-smugglers-try-to-use-bugs-as-drug-mulesdrugsoddodd-newsworld-newsbugsThu, 4 Oct 2007 15:34:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image released by Schiphol Airport customs in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007, shows a dead bug containing cocaine. Drug smugglers have enlisted bugs to sneak cocaine into the Netherlands, a customs spokesman of Schiphol airport said. When an alert customs officer took a close look at a consignment of more than 100 large, dead bugs sent from Peru to the Netherlands, he discovered that cocaine had been stashed in their backs.The insects were carrying only 300 grams (10.5 ounces) of cocaine, worth about 8,000 euro ($11,300), customs spokesman Kees Nanninga said. The discovery was made over the summer during routine checks at a postal sorting office but only publicized today. (AP Photo/ Schiphol customs, HO) </p>nul