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In Slate, Daniel Riley reviews the case for cockroaches surviving a nuclear holocaust. Will cockroaches really inherit post-apocalyptic earth? “…Studies over the last half-decade, such as those conducted by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, have found that these “other insects” are more likely to reign in the age after humans; the cockroach might, in fact, be one of the first bugs to go. More recently, the television show MythBusters tested the effects of radiation on several kinds of insects and discovered that tiny flour beetles were the hardiest—with some surviving a dose of 100,000 rads…”