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Bugs

Science

Bugging Out

The industry that fights bed bugs is growing, but the only real winners are the pests themselves.

Rob Csernyik Maisonneuve Jul 2021 15min Permalink

Science

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?

Brooke Jarvis New York Times Magazine Nov 2018 30min Permalink

Science

What Termites Can Teach Us

Put a few termites into a petri dish and they wander around aimlessly; put in forty and they start stampeding around the dish’s perimeter like a herd. But put enough termites together, in the right conditions, and they will build you a cathedral.

Amia Srinivasan New Yorker Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Science

Accidental Therapists

For insect detectives, the trickiest cases involve the bugs that aren’t really there.

Eric Boodman STAT Mar 2017 20min Permalink

Science

There’s a Reason They Call Them ‘Crazy Ants’

A battle against an invasive breed of ants has begun in Texas. It also might be over already.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine Dec 2013 20min Permalink

Science

Out for Blood

How we try - and usually fail - to fight the mosquito.

Robert Sullivan New York May 2012 15min Permalink