The Johnson Space Center has called in insect extermination experts to help keep a swarm of voracious ants out of its sensitive and critical computer systems. The ants have been causing growing problems -from short-circuiting computers to shutting down major corporate IT systems - in their six-year march through five Texas counties in the Gulf Coast area. "These ants are raising havoc," said Roger Gold, professor of entomology at Texas A&M University. "They're foraging for food, and they'll go into any space looking for it. In the process, they make their way into sensitive equipment."
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