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Keep cockroaches from making your home their winter retreat with one simple fix

The path to a roach-free home may not involve pesticides. Prevent cockroaches from entering with an easy home improvement fix ...

Cockroaches, fitted with tiny backpacks, could be part of the future of spycraft, search-and-rescue missions

SWARM Biotactics, a German company, is fitting cockroaches with tiny backpacks to enable the insects to be used for ...

Cockroach milk is four times more nutritious than cow’s milk. Would you drink it?

Scientists say cockroach milk contains four times more protein than cow’s milk. Here’s how it works, its benefits, risks, and whether humans could ever drink it.
Prevention

Here’s What Cockroach Eggs Look Like—And How to Get Rid of Them for Good

So, you’ve found a cockroach in your house. The good news: They won’t cause much direct damage to you or your home, and they don’t carry the same disease risks as blood-feeding insects like mosquitoes ...

Giant, Winged And Unbelievable: Meet The World’s Largest Cockroach And Where It Is Found

Megaloblatta longipennis is the rainforest giant cockroach that amazes scientists with its size, wingspan and survival skills.
Healthline

Cockroach Allergy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and More

Cockroach allergies are a common indoor allergy, especially among children, and can trigger asthma. Symptoms of a cockroach allergy are similar to those of other allergies, so it’s essential to obtain ...
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Your coffee may contain tiny cockroach traces, but FDA says that's fine

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explained that small amounts of insect contamination are unavoidable in large-scale ...

Healing from the Written Word: How Osvaldo C. Amador’s Novel Refocused the Loss and Prejudice of His Past

Osvaldo Amador's acclaimed memoir, "To Kill a Cockroach," explores his life as a Cuban immigrant, gay man, and artist, ...

Database startup Cockroach Labs raises $55 million as it prepares to add a 'no Amazon clause' to its software and get ahead of the cloud giant

Cockroach Labs, which maintains an open source database, recently announced that it's making a change to protect its business from Amazon Web Services ...