Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth

Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth, WEWS-TV and numerous other local television outlets, May 23, 2013. If you think it’s hard to outsmart a cockroach, you’re right. Scientists have discovered how some of these bugs evolved to resist sweet-tasting poison baits. In tests in an apartment kitchen, it took just five years for a genetic mutation. Coby Schal, entomology, featured.