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No, Rats Are Not Exonerated From The Black Death
Diseases

No, Rats Are Not Exonerated From The Black Death

By Brooke Borel

The Month In Plagues: Giant Invasive Lizards, Ebola Outbreak, And More
Diseases

The Month In Plagues: Giant Invasive Lizards, Ebola Outbreak, And More

By Brooke Borel

Do Insects Sleep?
Diseases

Do Insects Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

Do Microbes Sleep?
Diseases

Do Microbes Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

Do Plants Sleep?
Diseases

Do Plants Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

Questions You Should Ask About Your Sleeping Habits
Health

Questions You Should Ask About Your Sleeping Habits

By Brooke Borel

Tips And Hacks To Get Better Z’s
Health

Tips And Hacks To Get Better Z’s

By Brooke Borel

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More
Diseases

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More

By Brooke Borel

How Effective Is This Year’s Flu Vaccine?
Diseases

How Effective Is This Year’s Flu Vaccine?

By Brooke Borel

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella
Diseases

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella

By Brooke Borel

The Month In Plagues: Pigeon Poop In NYC Water Towers, Livestock Antibiotics Are Bad News, And More
Diseases

The Month In Plagues: Pigeon Poop In NYC Water Towers, Livestock Antibiotics Are Bad News, And More

By Brooke Borel

Building Design Influences Bacterial Growth
Diseases

Building Design Influences Bacterial Growth

By Brooke Borel

How Did Insects Evolve To Feast On Your Blood?
Diseases

How Did Insects Evolve To Feast On Your Blood?

By Brooke Borel

Another Reason To Get A Flu Shot
Diseases

Another Reason To Get A Flu Shot

By Brooke Borel

egg nog
Diseases

Why You Shouldn’t Fear The Eggnog

By Brooke Borel

Better Know a Fix: DDT
Diseases

Better Know a Fix: DDT

By Brooke Borel

Better Know a Plague: Bed Bugs
Diseases

Better Know a Plague: Bed Bugs

By Brooke Borel

Trae Menard leans out of a helicopter with a paintball gun over a patch of healthy Australian tree ferns
Diseases

Zapping Invasive Plants from a Helicopter

By Brooke Borel

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More
Diseases

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More

By Brooke Borel

The Week in Plagues: Invasive Cane Toads, A Sand Flea Living in a Scientist’s Foot, And More
Health

The Week in Plagues: Invasive Cane Toads, A Sand Flea Living in a Scientist’s Foot, And More

By Brooke Borel

Public Health Concerns in Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath (Updated 11/18/13)
Diseases

Public Health Concerns in Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath (Updated 11/18/13)

By Brooke Borel

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More
Diseases

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More

By Brooke Borel

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?
Diseases

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

By Brooke Borel

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring
Diseases

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

By Brooke Borel

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup
Health

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

By Brooke Borel

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science
Diseases

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

By Brooke Borel

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup
Diseases

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

By Brooke Borel

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues
Diseases

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

By Brooke Borel

What Pig Carcasses Could Teach Coroners About Human Death
Health

What Pig Carcasses Could Teach Coroners About Human Death

By Brooke Borel

Making New Elements
Science

Making New Elements

By Brooke Borel

Building A Better Bed Bug Trap
Animals

Building A Better Bed Bug Trap

By Brooke Borel

How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft
Science

How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft

By Brooke Borel

49-Year-Old Research Sub Alvin Gets A $40 Million Makeover
Technology

49-Year-Old Research Sub Alvin Gets A $40 Million Makeover

By Brooke Borel

CD Feeder
Animals

How Do Researchers Feed Thousands Of Bloodthirsty Bed Bugs?

By Brooke Borel

Can Taking A Pill Before Bed Get Rid Of Bed Bugs?
Animals

Can Taking A Pill Before Bed Get Rid Of Bed Bugs?

By Brooke Borel

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs
Animals

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs

By Brooke Borel

Inventions: The Piano That Tunes Itself
Technology

Inventions: The Piano That Tunes Itself

By Brooke Borel

2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
DIY

2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap

By Brooke Borel

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way
Archaeology

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

By Brooke Borel

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior
Engineering

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior

By Brooke Borel

Inside ITER
Energy

Inside the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

By Brooke Borel

2011 Invention Awards: A Crime-Fighting Armored Glove
DIY

2011 Invention Awards: A Crime-Fighting Armored Glove

By Brooke Borel

2011 Invention Awards: Sniffing Out Bedbugs
Animals

2011 Invention Awards: Sniffing Out Bedbugs

By Brooke Borel

How It Works: The World’s Fastest Rollercoaster
Engineering

How It Works: The World’s Fastest Rollercoaster

By Brooke Borel

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In
Health

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In

By Brooke Borel

Almost a Mile Below South Dakota, A Race to Find Dark Matter
Science

Almost a Mile Below South Dakota, A Race to Find Dark Matter

By Brooke Borel

Deep Below South Dakota, a Mine Becomes a Physics Lab, and Miners Return to Work
Particle Physics

Deep Below South Dakota, a Mine Becomes a Physics Lab, and Miners Return to Work

By Brooke Borel

Home-Brewing Biochar in Brooklyn
DIY

Home-Brewing Biochar in Brooklyn

By Brooke Borel

Mind-Reading Tech May Not Be Far Off
Health

Mind-Reading Tech May Not Be Far Off

By Brooke Borel

Exploring the Future of Science at the World Science Festival
Science

Exploring the Future of Science at the World Science Festival

By Brooke Borel

Sound Becomes Light
Science

Sound Becomes Light

By Brooke Borel

A Look Inside Virgin Galactic’s Flight Training
Private Space Flight

A Look Inside Virgin Galactic’s Flight Training

By Brooke Borel