The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 12th, 2001
How Come? As time flies by, tiny visitors produce and produce By KATHY WOLLARD Los Angeles Times Syndicate Monday, February 12, 2001 "When I bring bananas home from the supermarket, fruit flies soon appear. Do I bring them home with me, or are they already here, lurking behind something?" asks John D. Wilson, of Martinsville, Va., via e-mail. Hundreds of years ago, people believed that, like a wizard's wand, putrid peaches or decaying meat made their own flies. The "spontaneous generation" theory was charming -- but wrong. The fruit flies that rise in a cloud when you pick up an overrip...
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