The next superhero that saves the world may not be strong, powerful or good-looking. In fact, that hero may be a wriggling, squirming faceless creature. It may be a maggot! Maggots are the soft-bodied, not fully developed larvae of flies or other insects. Many people feel sick by simply hearing the word “maggot,” let alone seeing them. To them, the larvae are simply, in a word, gross. This “yuck factor” is not stopping scientists around the world. Many are studying how one of the planet’s grossest creatures could help humankind. Wired magazine reports that companies are using maggots to eat natural waste. Its story explains that after the maggots clean up waste, they may become useful as animal feed or even bio-fuel.
Title: The Next 'Wonder Drug' Is ... a Maggot?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/maggot_drug.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Next 'Wonder Drug' Is ... a Maggot?' data-article-id='3203'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8542'>The next superhero that saves the world may not be strong, powerful or good-looking.</span> <span data-start-time='8542' data-end-time='15667'>In fact, that hero may be a wriggling, squirming faceless creature.</span> <span data-start-time='15667' data-end-time='18604'>It may be a maggot!</span> <span data-start-time='18604' data-end-time='26167'>Maggots are the soft-bodied, not fully developed larvae of flies or other insects.</span> <span data-start-time='26167' data-end-time='34125'>Many people feel sick by simply hearing the word “maggot,” let alone seeing them.</span> <span data-start-time='34125' data-end-time='40125'>To them, the larvae are simply, in a word, gross.</span> <span data-start-time='40125' data-end-time='46917'>This “yuck factor” is not stopping scientists around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='46917' data-end-time='55313'>Many are studying how one of the planet’s grossest creatures could help humankind.</span> <span data-start-time='55313' data-end-time='62875'>Wired magazine reports that companies are using maggots to eat natural waste.</span> <span data-start-time='62875' data-end-time='74125'>Its story explains that after the maggots clean up waste, they may become useful as animal feed or even bio-fuel.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/use_for_fuel.m4a'><span>use for fuel</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/provoke_disgust.m4a'><span>provoke disgust</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/twist_or_fidget.m4a'><span>twist or fidget</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/long_and_thin.m4a'><span>long and thin</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11030 data-hint-location='46917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/what_might_the_creatures_do.m4a'>What might the creatures do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='help humankind'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/allow_for_differences.m4a'><span>allow for differences</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/help_humankind.m4a'><span>help humankind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/eat_living_tissue.m4a'><span>eat living tissue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/find_a_cure.m4a'><span>find a cure</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11031 data-hint-location='15667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/the_hero_may_be_a__blank_.m4a'>The hero may be a <span class='blank'>maggot</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='maggot'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/maggot.m4a'><span>maggot</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/larva.m4a'><span>larva</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/creature.m4a'><span>creature</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2643/insect.m4a'><span>insect</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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