New York
2024-03-08 @ 17.08.17 ∈ In English
2023-11-02 @ 19.04.40 ∈ In English
Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds—and stop naming them after people
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. […] Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced.
2023-10-27 @ 18.01.18 ∈ In English
Bed bugs are a global problem, yet we still know little about how they spread
[A statistical model shows a significant peak in bed bug cases around August and September each year.] People assume they travel on luggage, but it's never been proven. My previous work in 2017 [proved] that they aggregate in dirty clothes in the absence of humans.
2023-10-12 @ 18.59.11 ∈ In English
Bed Bugs Aren’t Just a Problem In Paris. Here’s Why
A number of factors keep bed bugs surviving and thriving, say entomologists, many of which are directly related to human behavior. Part of the problem may be the way we manage the pests. Unlike mosquitos and ticks, which government groups address with wide-scale, community-wide spraying and eradication efforts, bed bugs are seen more as an individual, rather than a societal, problem.
