Larvae

Doctors in Portugal found a 64-year-old man's ear infested with flesh-eating maggots after he went to the hospital complaining of pain, itching and bleeding.

A woman who recently travelled through Central and South America found a botfly larva slithering out of a wound on her arm five weeks later.

CryptoPunks NFT numbered 2924 was recently sold for a whopping ETH 3,300 or $4.5 million (roughly Rs. 36 crore). While the identity of the buyer remains undisclosed, it is owned by wallet address 0x9045de belonging to somebody pseudonamed ‘seedphrase’. Based on Ethereum, the CryptoPunks NFT collection was launched by the Larva Labs studio in Ju...

A Singapore-based research team has developed a methodical and effective 3D food printing technique to solve issues with the food supply. Alternative proteins may eventually replace animal proteins as the primary source of protein consumed by humans, according to a researcher from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The st...

Tiffany & Co. has decided to up its position in the NFT arena by announcing to convert 250 CryptoPunks NFTs into physical pendants. Called NFTiff, each pendant will use up to 30 gemstones including diamonds, sapphires, amethyst, and spinel to physically recreate the custom designs. The pendant itself will be composed of 18-Karat rose or yellow gold...

Seventy-six legal notices have been sent to multiple authorities after mosquito larvae were found breeding on the premises of several government offices in Delhi in the last few months, civic officials said on Wednesday.

Yuga Labs has acquired the intellectual property rights of 423 CryptoPunks NFTs as well as 1,711 pieces of Meebits NFTs from Larva Labs in a new deal. The amount of capital that sealed the deal remains undisclosed. Yuga Labs is the creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs featuring cartoonised apes.

Delhi High Court today sought response of the Delhi government and North Delhi Municipal Corporation on a plea for taking steps to control the dengue outbreak like regular fogging and forming inspection teams to check any growth of mosquito larvae

Battling a deadly outbreak of dengue and viral fever that has claimed 51 lives so far, the Firozabad district administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of dengue-breeding mosquitoes in ponds.

CryptoPunks NFT collection, a set of nine small-pixel digital art pieces, has been auctioned at Christie's for $16.9 million (roughly Rs. 124.2 crores), the second-largest after Beeple's NFT auction of $69 million (roughly Rs. 506.6 crores).

A "mosquito terminator" train to spray insecticide on both sides of rail tracks to prevent growth of mosquito larvae was flagged off on Friday from the New Delhi Railway Station, officials said.

Scientists at Belgium's Ghent University have conducted an experiment to replace butter used in baking with larva fat.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the opposition for politicising deaths due to dengue. Speaking during a discussion in the state assembly, Ms Banerjee said around 44,000 people have been affected by the disease in the state.

Kelli Mulhollen Dumas said she thought the small, red bumps on her son's skin were bites from chiggers or mosquitoes.

After a closed examination, the doctors found that there were dozens of live maggots wriggling inside his ears causing the boy immense pain.

Doctors in Portugal found a 64-year-old man's ear infested with flesh-eating maggots after he went to the hospital complaining of pain, itching and bleeding.

A woman who recently travelled through Central and South America found a botfly larva slithering out of a wound on her arm five weeks later.

CryptoPunks NFT numbered 2924 was recently sold for a whopping ETH 3,300 or $4.5 million (roughly Rs. 36 crore). While the identity of the buyer remains undisclosed, it is owned by wallet address 0x9045de belonging to somebody pseudonamed ‘seedphrase’. Based on Ethereum, the CryptoPunks NFT collection was launched by the Larva Labs studio in Ju...

A Singapore-based research team has developed a methodical and effective 3D food printing technique to solve issues with the food supply. Alternative proteins may eventually replace animal proteins as the primary source of protein consumed by humans, according to a researcher from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The st...

Tiffany & Co. has decided to up its position in the NFT arena by announcing to convert 250 CryptoPunks NFTs into physical pendants. Called NFTiff, each pendant will use up to 30 gemstones including diamonds, sapphires, amethyst, and spinel to physically recreate the custom designs. The pendant itself will be composed of 18-Karat rose or yellow gold...

Seventy-six legal notices have been sent to multiple authorities after mosquito larvae were found breeding on the premises of several government offices in Delhi in the last few months, civic officials said on Wednesday.

Yuga Labs has acquired the intellectual property rights of 423 CryptoPunks NFTs as well as 1,711 pieces of Meebits NFTs from Larva Labs in a new deal. The amount of capital that sealed the deal remains undisclosed. Yuga Labs is the creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs featuring cartoonised apes.

Delhi High Court today sought response of the Delhi government and North Delhi Municipal Corporation on a plea for taking steps to control the dengue outbreak like regular fogging and forming inspection teams to check any growth of mosquito larvae

Battling a deadly outbreak of dengue and viral fever that has claimed 51 lives so far, the Firozabad district administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of dengue-breeding mosquitoes in ponds.

CryptoPunks NFT collection, a set of nine small-pixel digital art pieces, has been auctioned at Christie's for $16.9 million (roughly Rs. 124.2 crores), the second-largest after Beeple's NFT auction of $69 million (roughly Rs. 506.6 crores).

A "mosquito terminator" train to spray insecticide on both sides of rail tracks to prevent growth of mosquito larvae was flagged off on Friday from the New Delhi Railway Station, officials said.

Scientists at Belgium's Ghent University have conducted an experiment to replace butter used in baking with larva fat.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the opposition for politicising deaths due to dengue. Speaking during a discussion in the state assembly, Ms Banerjee said around 44,000 people have been affected by the disease in the state.

Kelli Mulhollen Dumas said she thought the small, red bumps on her son's skin were bites from chiggers or mosquitoes.

After a closed examination, the doctors found that there were dozens of live maggots wriggling inside his ears causing the boy immense pain.