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Aug. 27, 2010
Bedbugs
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In recent months, the news has been filled with reports of bedbugs -- infestations in apartments, offices, and even retailers. They're sneaky, durable, and they come out at night to hunt for blood. Can anything be done? Why do we have such a deep aversion to them, and not to other bloodsucking creatures such as mosquitoes? We'll talk about the science and psychology of bedbugs. |
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
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NPR's Science Friday
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Kevin Ochsner
Psychologist
Columbia University
New York, New York
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