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Drosophila melanogaster - side (aka) by André Karwath on Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Drosophila_melanogaster_-_side_(aka).jpg

The Science of Killing Fruit Flies

September 24, 2013by Christina Szalinski Leave a comment

[Ed. note: Today’s post comes to you courtesy of cell biologist, science writer and foodie Christina Szalinski. Her topic: how to draw in and kill those pesky fruit flies.] It’s […]

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Critters, Guest blogger, How it works
Aedes aegypti biting human by USDA on Wikimedia Commons. Released to public domain. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti_biting_human.jpg

The Love Culicidae, or Why mosquitoes find you more attractive than your friends [UPDATED]

July 30, 2013by Tom Ulrich 2 Comments

From a mosquito’s point of view, some people just smell better than others.

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Critters, How it works, Seasonal, Uncategorized, What it is

There isn’t that much you in you

May 8, 2013by Tom Ulrich 3 Comments

Your cells are outnumbered 10 to 1 by bacteria. And that’s just the beginning.

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Critters, What it does
Fly (see large) by kaibara87 on Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Spare a moment for the humble fly and his aerobatic feats

March 5, 2013by Tom Ulrich Leave a comment

When you swat a fly, you’re swatting a biological machine that in many respects makes the electromechanical machines (read: robots) that we make look less than crude by comparison. Don’t take my word for it; watch “fly guy” Michael Dickinson tell the tale in his recent TEDxCalTech talk.

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Critters, How it works, Shorts, Videos

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