National Cockroach Project Not sure what to do with the cockroaches skittering across your kitchen counter? The Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment will take one or two of them off your hands in the name of science. Researchers are using DNA barcoding to answer a number of questions about the American cockroach ( Periplaneta americana ), also known as the palmetto bug or waterbug. [More]
Aug. 13, 2013 - Scientific American