This Month in Books: ‘I Don’t Want To Become a Giant Insect!’ By Dana Snitzky Commentary This month’s books newsletter is a bodily affair.
Why Bugs Deserve Our Respect By Jessica Gross Feature Fruit flies helped us win six Nobel prizes in medicine. Architects have been inspired by termite hills. Ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson explains why bugs are so essential to the world we live in.
Preserving Human Life Requires Preserving Insect Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight While science labors to comprehend the variety and volume of insects on earth, both are declining with disturbing speed, and the ecological consequences are troubling.
Sometimes You’re the Bug. Far Fewer Times, of Late. By Pam Mandel Highlight Spending less time cleaning your windshield? A group of researchers in Germany is trying to find out why.
How Tiny, Yet Über-Efficient Spider Brains Can Improve Computer Technology By Krista Stevens Highlight Big brains offer no advantage in the animal kingdom.
