Super lice look no different from regular lice but are simply more challenging to get rid of because they are resistant to ...

On closer inspection, Edward Maher, a zooarchaeologist, surmised the object was an ivory comb, though the teeth had broken off. Microscopic examination revealed the fossilized remains of lice ...

But viewing the combs at 10 times normal size revealed their true purpose: Many still bore traces of the lice and nits they had extracted from someone’s tresses. In pre-Columbian times ...