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What Is a Bug and What Does the Word Heteroptera Mean In Greek?

This word bug is used loosely and means different things to different people. When entomologists are being hard-nosed, they insist that the word “bug” can be used only to designate insects of the order Hemiptera, sometimes known as the “true bugs.” Physicians and bacteriologists have been known to call disease causing germs bugs. But when [...]

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Why do light bulbs burn out?

Incandescent light bulbs produce light when an electric current passes through a filament, heating it until it produces light via black body radiation. They burn out because the filament oxidizes when exposed to oxygen that either leaks into the bulb or is present after it’s manufactured. Fluorescent lamps are more complicated than incandescent light bulbs [...]

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