Daily Newsletter: In Bed with the Enemy: A Quick Look at Bed Bugs

Interesting Engineering is a cutting edge, leading community designed for all lovers of engineering, technology and science. [Interesting Engineering]() Sunday, 04 Aug 2019 [Impending Elephant Extinction Will Significantly Raise Carbon Dioxide Levels ]( [Impending Elephant Extinction Will Significantly Raise Carbon Dioxide Levels]( [Energy & Environment]( As megaherbivores, forest elephants have a significant effect in the environment around them. Now, new research is revealing that their impact also extends to tree populations and carbon levels in the forest.[Read More]( [Tesla Offers Free, Unlimited Supercharger Use for New Model S, Model X Orders]( [Tesla Offers Free, Unlimited Supercharger Use for New Model S, Model X Orders]( [Automotive]( Tesla has announced that all new Model S and Model X orders will get free, unlimited access to Tesla's Supercharger network after sales of the vehicles slowed in the first half of 2019.[Read More]( [In Bed with the Enemy: A Quick Look at Bed Bugs]( [In Bed with the Enemy: A Quick Look at Bed Bugs]( [Biology]( Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus) are tiny insects that love nothing more than feeding on human blood. Their bites are not only irritating, they can also cause serious health problems like skin rashes, psychological effects, and allergic reactions.[Read More]( [Richard Arkwright and His Wonderful Machine: The Water Frame]( [Richard Arkwright and His Wonderful Machine: The Water Frame]( [Inventions and Machines]( Richard Arkwright's water frame was one of the most significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Almost overnight, Arkwright would go from being a wig maker to one of the richest men in the world.[Read More]( [3 Acoustic Metamaterials You Probably Didn't Know About]( [3 Acoustic Metamaterials You Probably Didn't Know About]( [Materials]( Metamaterials are incredible feats of engineering and science. By combining various base materials in a specific way, they can be used to manipulate things like light and sound in ways not seen in nature.[Read More]( [Drop of Ancient Seawater Reveals Plate Tectonics Began 3.3 Billion Years Ago]( [Drop of Ancient Seawater Reveals Plate Tectonics Began 3.3 Billion Years Ago]( [Science]( Plate tectonics, the essential and unique-to-Earth process that powers everything from volcanism to atmospheric conditions, was long thought to have begun around 2.7 billion years ago, but now a drop of ancient seawater reveals that the process began more than half a billion years earlier than we previously thought.[Read More]( [The "Colorful" Life of Quarks]( [The "Colorful" Life of Quarks]( [Physics]( In 400 BC, the Greek Philosopher Democritis proposed the concept of the atom. He thought if you took a piece of matter and divided it repeatedly, eventually you would reach a point where it couldn't be divided any further.[Read More]( [Interesting Engineering] [Unsubscribe]( | [Display on interestingengineering.com](