February 16, 2019

Why are killer bees killers?

They’re the product of a lab experiment gone wrong! This highly aggressive breed of honeybee escaped from a Brazilian lab in 1957, and they have been […]
February 16, 2019

Why are honeybees disappearing?

Beginning in 2006, beekeepers across the United States reported alarming losses of their hives. Honeybees were fleeing their queens and colonies, never to return. The phenomenon […]
February 16, 2019

Why are cockroaches so hard to kill?

They’ve crept through Earth’s crannies for 300 million years and survived the worldwide calamity that wiped out the dinosaurs. Cockroaches keep on crawling and crawling and […]
February 16, 2019

Why is it so hard to swat a fly?

Anyone who has wasted time trying to bat this buzzing bug would swear it had powers of teleportation, as it magically disappears at the moment of […]