Category Archives: Food

Allergy to Cockroaches?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Is Allergy to Chocolate Due to Cockroach Allergy? Inquiring minds have been asking that question since at least the 1970s. Harry S. Bernton, MD, wrote an answer to the question in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1970. … Continue reading →

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Friday Cat-erpillar Blogging

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

The velvetbean caterpillar is an occasional pest of soybean in the Southern US.  Soybean plants  are well protected against many insect pests and in many years can be grown without insecticide treatments.  The soybean is protected by substances called proteinase … Continue reading →

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Red Dye, Yellow Journalism

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

The natives of North America cultivated plants and animals (including insects) that are unique to North America. An important insect is the cochineal scale insect which feeds on the prickly pear cactus. The cochineal scale can produce up to 24 … Continue reading →

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Drink for the Cure?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

Recently, I posted about adult male fruit flies imbibing alcohol after their courtship overtures were rejected by female fruit flies. Alcohol consumption is not confined to adult fruit flies. Immature fruit flies consume alcohol as well. Rotting fruit, the preferred … Continue reading →

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Driven To Drink?

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Fruit flies have been one of the most important genetic model organisms since Thomas Hunt Morgan brought them into his laboratory around 1908. Morgan would receive a Nobel Prize in 1933 for his work on Drosophila genetics. Drosophila is a … Continue reading →

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Friday Cat-erpillar Blogging

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

When we eat our vegetables, we pick or cut off the part of the vegetable we eat and consume the entire piece shortly thereafter. Vegetable preparation often includes removing parts of the vegetable where the plant has mounted a “wound … Continue reading →

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What Will You Eat?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

by jjneal A new exhibit in the Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland is called, “Edible: The Taste of Things to Come.“ The exhibit explores new ways of creating, manipulating and presenting food. The curators, Cat Kramer and Zack Denfeld have … Continue reading →

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