Health

The Week in Plagues: Polio Vaccinations, Katy Perry’s Biosecurity Risk, And More

Here are some links on infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web this week. Have more? Add them in...

Why Do Humans Have a Fear of Insects?

Author Dr. Jeffrey Lockwood tries to answer that question

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

Here are some links on infestations contagions, and controls from around the web, as well as a few on clever...

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

In 1926, a young Salvador Dalí was lying in a Paris hotel room staring at an insect crawling on the...

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

A year ago, a deluge of stories about the ecologist and science writer Rachel Carson hit the Internet for the...

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

Here are some links on infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web. Have more? Add them in the comments....

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

The government shutdown has lasted more than two weeks—far longer than I personally expected—and the debt-ceiling deadline looms this Thursday....

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

Each Friday on OMP, I’ll post some links on various infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web. This first...

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

Welcome to the inaugural post of Our Modern Plagues, as well as to the new Popular Science blog network. For...

5 Body Parts Scientists Can 3-D Print