insects

World's Smallest Catapult Hurls World's Smallest Pies at Bugs

Matt Cherette · 10/27/10 09:19PM

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Somehow, and for some reason, someone created a tiny catapult with the express purpose of hurling various pies—also tiny, as in 3.5 millimeters in diameter—at a bunch of bugs. This. Is. Awesome.

Baby Formula Now Comes with Beetles

Jeff Neumann · 09/23/10 01:54AM

Abbott Laboratories, the makers of Similac baby formula, have voluntarily recalled "fewer than five million" formula containers after beetles were found by two consumers and in a manufacturing plant. A little extra protein never hurt anyone, right? [Reuters]

Your Forecast for Summer: 'Mosquito Emergency'

Max Read · 05/31/10 09:40PM

A rainy spring in the northeast was "the perfect storm for mosquitoes," who breed in standing water left after rainstorms. Can't wait! To avoid painful mosquito bites, we recommend not having any blood in your body. [Fox]

Fox News Bedbug Victim Displays Her Wounds

Hamilton Nolan · 05/29/08 01:36PM

Jane Clark, the former Fox News employee who is now suing the company that managed the network's bedbug-infested headquarters, had a press conference today where she showed off the results of her vicious multiple bitings at the hands of the bloodthirsty insects. Take heed, potential Fox News guests: this may be the fate that awaits you! Two more graphic photos of Clark's welt-ridden neck, after the jump.