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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Mastering Science: Social Insects!

A sting operation to get the dirt on yellow jackets. "Did you get stung the other day?" a biology graduate student asks as he pulls on a white coverall over his jeans. "Sure did," says Michael Goodisman. "That thing hit me in the ankle, it hurt like crazy!" Learning the secrets of the birds and the bees, and the wasps can be a hazardous pursuit. Georgia Institute of Technology biology professor Michael Goodisman, along with two of his graduate students, are suiting-up, willing to take it on the ankle and wherever else the aggressive yellow jackets may sting.

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