A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature reports. “At the time we didn’t think it was real,” the study’s lead author Logan Moore, a biologist … Read more
Genealogy is a tricky business, not least because its claims can be compromised by dreams of distinction. Mysteries linger, even in prominent, public families. Michael Butler, who died in November 2022, was best known as the producer of the Broadway musical “Hair.” But something else made him a lead character in my new book, “Flight … Read more
But so many women have come forward. That’s why it’s done that way. Because that makes it much more believable. Even going on the assumption that maybe it is true, and I feel very bad that that could be the case, it’s still Trump coming in and being a very humongous threat to a part … Read more
And now, for some horrifying news. Just in time for spooky season, scientists in South America have discovered a new species of wasp that stings, sucks blood and otherwise feasts on their prey from the inside out — by depositing larvae underneath the victim’s skin. Researchers came across these vampiric vespids while hard at work in … Read more
Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims for months on end. “It’s like something out of a science fiction movie!” Andrew Wesley Legan, 30, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona … Read more
If you need another reason to avoid getting stung by a wasp, here it is. A 60-year-old man in China, who was stung four times on his head and back by wasps, went to the emergency room three days later with a headache, a stiff neck and swelling around the stings. He was admitted to … Read more
This Florida man is bugging. A man named Justin, whose TikTok account @LegbootLegi has 451.1K followers, has made a device to “kiss” bugs. “Bugkiss,” which is essentially a pair of tiny baby doll lips fashioned to a pacifier by a spring from a pen, has gone viral and now has 15.2 million views. “The intended … Read more
Just one month before “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was released in theaters, someone leaked a script of the movie, giving some fans a sneak peek into how the movie would go. And now, Marvel wants to get to the bottom of the mystery leak. A 63-page transcript of dialogue from the “Ant-Man” film was … Read more
It was an ant invasion. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” crawled its way to the top of the box office on its opening night Friday. The Marvel creation, which The Post called “a pile of dirt,” took home a staggering $63.5 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. It scored as the third-highest opening day … Read more
Sorry to Raid on your parade, “Ant-Man” fans, but the third chapter is a pile of dirt. Called “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” — these nonsensical titles! — the Marvel movie does boast a terrific new villain in Kang the Conquerer played by Jonathan Majors. He’s a time-hopping multiverse manipulator, and red-hot Majors has gravitas … Read more
Woody AllenPhoto: Ander Gillenea (AFP via Getty Images) Leaving behind a legacy of sexual abuse allegations and a handful of great movies that, well, people don’t feel enthusiastic about watching anymore, Woody Allen is retiring from filmmaking. Investors will have to find a new 80-year-old director who keeps making the same movies about old creeps … Read more