Science: Bugbane

¶ A cockroach gets a new skin, which serves as its skeleton, seven times before reaching maturity.

¶ There are more ants in the world than any other kind of living creature.

¶ It is mathematically possible for a pair of houseflies to have two trillion descendants in one season.

¶ A dozen or more generations of plant lice can be hatched without the services of a male.

Such facts as these emanated last week from the meeting of the National Association of Insecticide & Disinfectant Manufacturers in Chicago. Especially interested were the...