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Don’t call the Orkin man just yet. Scientists in Brazil, India and Australia are poking around in termites’ nests—and decoctions made from the powdered bugs and their nests are proving to have some quite compelling antimicrobial powers. Termites produce an antimicrobial enzyme that they spread lavishly onto on their bodies and the walls of their nests. Thus far it’s been found effective against e coli. Research continues.

Why do we care? Because our arsenal of antibiotics is currently failing as overuse creates increasingly antibiotic-resistant superbugs like MRSA. New cures are urgently needed.

And as a side note, the bacteria in termites’ guts can quickly turn a single sheet of waste paper into 2 liters of hydrogen. Termites and trash creating alternative energy? Ho...View full story

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