The Next Big Antibiotic Could Come from the Gut of an Insect

No one can dispute the evolutionary success of bugs. The oldest insect fossils were found encased in crystallized mineral silica in Scotland in 1926, and they're between 396 and 407 million years old. Insects have seen dinosaurs come and go. They have survived disruptions to the Earth's weather, atmosphere, and land formations that caused extinction of other species. They have survived human's best efforts to eradicate them. Yet almost a half billion years later, they are still with us. Scientists have attributed part of insects' survival to a combination of several characteristics. An... more

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