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How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs?

  • Written by Brian Lovett, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
imageArtist's rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination.Roger Harris/Science Photo library via Getty Imagesimage

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