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Artists Bug Out for Insect-Themed Sand Sculptures

It's the invasion of the insects as the annual Sand Sculpting Australia exhibition has just opened on the Frankston waterfront in Melbourne. Sandstorm Events invited the best international sculptors -- including from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., the Netherlands, Ireland, Singapore and, of course, Australia -- to create...

Opinion: Bug Parts in Similac -- What's the Panic?

(Sept. 24) -- While minding my business this Friday, I got an automated call from Costco informing me that the Similac I purchased about a month ago was being recalled. Apparently Abbott Laboratories discovered a few bugs in one of its production facilities and so is recalling oodles of containers of its formula as a...

Fruit Fly Gene Could Unlock the Mysteries of Human Memory

(Sept. 10) -- A breakthrough finding in the common fruit fly could help explain how humans learn and remember -- or why some suffer from conditions that limit both capacities. A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists, funded by the National Institutes of Health, used a cutting-edge method, developed in their own...

The Lowdown: 5 Things to Know About Bedbugs

(July 27) -- Bedbugs seem to be everywhere this summer. They've ventured far from the boudoir, creeping into the lining of Hollister hoodies and Victoria's Secret lingerie. The bloodsucking beasties have even invaded some New York City office buildings, infesting Fox News headquarters and, reportedly, Goldman Sachs. But...

Chew on This: You Aren't Eating Enough Bugs

(July 12) -- Americans aren't eating enough insects, and that bugs foodies like Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern, host of the popular Travel Channel series "Bizarre Foods," travels the world tasting the local vittles in various countries. Some are quite foreign to American taste buds, and, at least in the case of insects, he...