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WGOG: bugs in glasses
March 28, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor This piece goes out to all my fellow glass-wearers. My glasses are practically glued to my face, and yet, at the end of each day when I take them off to sleep, there’s always so much dirt on the lenses: pesty little lashes that mock the dwindling numbers on my eyelids, eye crusties, and a ridiculous sheen of oil and sweat on the frames. Sure, okay — I guess I could pull out my handy-dandy eyeglass wipes and clean them off at the end of each day or whenever the dirt gets so bad it…
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Bugphobic person loves camping
July 19, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor The best thing to do in summer is to go camping. There is nothing more peaceful than being out in nature with your phone on airplane mode and having deep soul-searching talks over…
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SFU Snap has so much potential, but its bugs need to be fixed first
September 15, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Oh, SFU Snap. This app tries its best, but has fallen short so much that it’s often my last resort instead of being my go-to app for SFU content. I want to be able to…
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Genetic study investigates how mosquitoes transmit malaria
January 6, 2015By determining the genetic sequence of 16 types of mosquitoes (Anopheles genus), an international research team, including researchers from SFU, has contributed knowledge on how these mosquitoes adapt to humans as the primary host of malaria. The international research team…
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Bed bug traps may mean end to persistent pests
January 6, 2015After enduring 180,000 bed bug bites over eight years of study, an SFU research team has developed the world’s first tangible bed bug bait and trap. Bed bugs naturally produce a set of chemical attractants, or pheromones, that signal a…
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