Wikipedia contributors. (2024, September 13). Cockroach. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:35, October 18, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cockroach&oldid=1245577746
In June 1661, Newton was admitted to Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. His uncle the Reverend William Ayscough, who had studied at Cambridge, recommended him to the university.
It is popularly suggested that cockroaches will “inherit the earth” if humanity destroys itself in a nuclear war. While cockroaches do, indeed, have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with a lethal dose perhaps six to 15 times that for humans, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to other insects, such as the fruit fly.