Insect venom shortage stings allergy sufferers this summer
Allergists are warning of a shortage of a little-known product — honeybee, hornet and wasp venom extracts used in shots that prevent life-threatening reactions.
This tiny robot flies and crawls like a stag beetle
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have designed a new robot capable of mimicking winged insects and their myriad movements.
The perfect shade of red comes from a bug you’ve never heard of
It’s the red seen in a British Red Coat, an El Greco master, an Andean textile and a contemporary designer evening gown.
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How studying insects may lead to smarter drones
When you watch an insect fly in slow motion, you get a whole new perspective on the complexity of movement and engineering. A new collaborative research project, funded by the U.S. Air Force, is devoted to studying how insects and…
The research team has created the world’s tiniest pair of 3-D glasses that they attach with beeswax to the mantises. With the glasses on, the insects are placed in front a monitor that displays computer-generated 3-D images in a method…
David Rothenberg takes his clarinet out to the park to play music with the cicadas.
Incredible, Edible Bugs: Will Meals of Mealworms Catch on in U.S.?…
