Weekly WTF: Homeopathic surgeon kills

This pushed me over the edge; I did in fact create a ‘WTF’ tag category just for this post. It’s the sort of thing that reduces me to spluttering, grunting, gaping at my computer screen:
The Arizona Republic Jul. 17, 2007 05:47 PM
“A homeopathic doctor was suspended Tuesday for his role in a botched [...]

Insects in the News #19

Don’t Mix DEET and sunscreen
Evidence that sunscreen increases absorption across the skin for both products. You should be wearing sun-protective clothing anyway! Seriously!
Mormon Cricket Genome published
Great example of undergraduate research! No word on whether copies of the genome will now be placed in hotel rooms nationwide.
Butterfly recovers from possible extinction
“Once relegated to a few small [...]