Month: September 2013

Tiny, parasitic wasps are really cool. (5 reasons why I spent two years watching wasp sex)

Tiny, parasitic wasps are really cool. (5 reasons why I spent two years watching wasp sex)

In college, I spent two years of my life asking: when two species of wasps mate, why do their hybrid offspring die? To try and figure this out, I watched wasps have sex, counted the eggs they laid after mating, counted any adults that survived […]

Podcast: Vitamin D

Podcast: Vitamin D

Vitamin D. We can get this essential compound by eating vitamin D-rich foods, or by exposing our skin to sunlight.  But most of us don’t have enough of it, and the reasons for this vary. Is it necessary to supplement when we are vitamin D […]