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...horny lad in his water bed: "How's this for a wet dream?" At a nightmare diner ("If the food don't kill ya, the service will!"), he transforms one boy, literally, into a pizza face ("Rick, you little meatball!"), then devours him ("Mmmm, soul food!"). Another victim sprouts insect legs when trapped in Freddy's Roach Motel: "You can check in, but you can't check...
...consumer-oriented line: synthetic microsponges averaging one- thousandth of an inch in size and containing 10 ft. to 20 ft. of drug- filled intertwining tunnels. When the sponges, which are as fine as dust, are rubbed on the skin, they squeeze out controlled bursts of sunscreen, local anesthetic, aftershave, insect repellent or antidandruff ingredients. Quips | A.P.S. Senior Vice President Martin Katz: "We're only beginning to scratch the surface." The next generation of drug-delivery systems is already on the drawing board: implantable microscopic mechanical devices, including gears and motors produced like computer chips...
...recent months the hum over the so-called killer bees has reached frenzied proportions. Local television stations have been running tapes from crews dispatched to Central America, showing ferocious swarms attacking researchers and news crews. Mosquito eradication units have been readied with special gear to wipe out the expected insect intruders. Several times a week, Houstonians sound the alarm, phoning pest-control agencies with the urgent and disquieting news: "They're here...
Roth, who received his Ph.D. in insect physiology in 1946, is the specialist to whom biologists turn most frequently for information on cockroaches. "He's probably the foremost cockroach taxonomist. He has a world-renowned reputation. He's a very brilliant and helpful individual," Patterson says...
...Roth's work with live specimens took place when he worked with the U.S. Army. As an army entomologist, Roth was in an odd position. When he first started working in the lab, the group was studying the biological detoriation of materials and soon expanded their scope to basic insect behavior. "When I first arrived there, the philosophy was, 'Don't worry about the application of the finding, someone else will do that,'" Roth recalls...