NASA, Others Move to Save IT From Ant Swarms.

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      The article reports on the move of Jonhson Space Center of the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) to exterminate the swarm ants in its computer system. The ants have reportedly been causing problems to the system, from short-circuiting computers to shutting down major corporate information technology (IT) systems. According to Roger Gold, professor of entomology at Texas A&M University, the ants would go into any space to look for food. Insect extermination experts were called to help keep out the ants in the computer system