Tag: DDT
Operation Cat Drop
In the news recently: Operation Rat Drop, where tylenol-laden mice were dropped from planes over Guam. It’s not a bizarre headache remedy; the idea is to try to kill brown tree snakes (a non-native invasive species) when […]
Forbes hits the Conspiracy Trifecta
Environmentalists caused the plague? A very problematic take in a magazine that should know better
And Another Thing…. (DDT Fail)
I was interviewed by Drunken Skeptics (Michigan Skeptics Association) about DDT, bed bugs, and my criticism of Brian Dunning for not doing proper research and posting a lot of incorrect stuff about DDT. Listen to […]
Brian Dunning’s DDT Fail
Why do smart people sometimes fall for hoaxes?
Bedbugs and Pesticide Resistance
I discovered that bed bug evolution–specifically resistance to pesticides–was also the subject of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center‘s podcast this month. A FASCINATING interview with one of the grand old men of evolutionary genetics, James […]
Caught in the Bug Net: 1.31.10
Things are rather dramatic* in my life right now, so how about a little linkage? You know how I love Taxonomy FAIL, and Roberto finds a doosy: Exxon Photoshoppage Fail Spiders weave a giant tapestry! […]
Ospreys return to Lower Michigan!
I recently got a letter from the Michigan Nature Association that announced they have nesting ospreys at the Helmer Brook Plant Preserve. Osprey Watch reports there are 17 active nests in lower Michigan this year. […]
Bill Gates, Malaria, and Mosquitoes
In an interesting TED talk, Bill Gates releases mosquitoes into a crowd. An excerpt: Sadly, it only takes a few comments on the TED page until the “bring back DDT” drivel appears. Sigh. If you […]
New research on bedbug insecticide resistance
Since I mentioned bedbugs recently, I thought I would also cover this paper: Kyong Sup Yoon, Deok Ho Kwon, Joseph P. Strycharz, Craig S. Hollingsworth, Si Hyeock Lee, J. Marshall Clark (2008). Biochemical and Molecular […]
Bug Gwen 