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Ditching sex means no risky matings, but harmful mutations build up over the generations, so asexual animals shouldn't survive for long.

Bernard Crespi of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, established the last time Timema tahoe stick insects had sex by studying mutation rates of two genes

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A worm that spreads through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without the latest security updates is posing a growing threat to users.

The malicious program, known as Conficker, Downadup, or Kido was first discovered in October 2008.