Mayan Bee Rescue
The Maya Riviera is a 40-mile strip of coast on the Yucatan Peninsula, from Puerto Morelos to Tulum. …
Bob Hirshon’s Science Year in Review: 2021
The year 2021 was definitely better than 2020, in the sense that getting beaten senseless with a …
Metal in Microwaves
If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?
Eight Steps to Save Bugs
Insect populations are declining worldwide, and insect species are becoming extinct at an …
E.O. Wilson: World Champion
World-famous evolutionary biologist and entomologist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday, leaving behind a …
A Solstice Story
Once upon a time, about 4.5 billion years ago, back when Earth was just a baby planet, our young …
Love Bugs?
If you love bugs, there’s a lot to love: Insects and other small terrestrial arthropods (aka, …
Two Very Important Things You Need to Know About Bees
Bees the world over would rejoice if everyone knew just two things about them: what they …
Cicada Brood X is Gone (But They’ll Be Back)
A Fond Farewell to the Brood X Invasion. In the spring of 2021, everyone lucky/cursed enough to live …
Glowing Wounds
Sometimes, strange-sounding legends can have some truth in them, and can even lead to important …
Curse of the Mummy
Scientific methods can be used to see if claims are true or false– even if those claims are folk …