There is a way to purify residual pesticides and fertilizer in the soil and return them to the cycle

There are no waste disposal sites in the natural worldHello, this is Fukaya Village.When you are gardening at home, do you ...
BIOENGINEER

Thirty Years of reaper: How a Tiny Fly Gene Rewrote the Rules of Cell Death

A thirtieth-anniversary review traces how the discovery of reaper in Drosophila established IAP antagonism as a central ...
earth

Scientists uncover new clues about how insect wings evolved

A genetic study of 101 insect species reveals new clues about how insect wings evolved and why dragonflies and mayflies are closely related. Many insects can fold their wings back over their bodies, ...

Learning about the World of Annelids with Koupen-chan and Friends

Earthworms and ragworms. Although they look similar, the environments they live in are quite different.Koupen-chan: ...

Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

Analyzing 20 million recorded mosquito flight paths revealed the mathematical rules behind how these tiny predators move and zero in on their human targets.
Entomology Today

New Respirometry Method Could Expand Studies of Insect Thermal Biology

A new high-throughput respiration-measuring system lets scientists monitor up to 240 insects and other invertebrates at once, making it far easier to study insects’ resting metabolic rates and how ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Two New Stick Insect Species Have Been Discovered in Australia—and Another One Was Hiding in Plain Sight

Australian researchers have described two new species of stick insects, the long, crawly creatures that camouflage among thin branches or leafy twigs. Their findings, published in Austral Entomology ...
Nanowerk

Insect-scale robots could get smarter by letting their bodies do the thinking

A new perspective argues that insect-scale robots could become more autonomous by shifting intelligence from processors into smart materials, adaptive structures and body design. (Nanowerk News) ...
Game Rant

'How Do You Feel About Insects?' in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, Explained

Chris is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience covering games and has a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Central Lancashire. He's mainly focused on guides, but has ...
BBC Wildlife

Insects lack the vital organ needed to breathe so how on earth do they survive?

If breathing is defined as the rhythmic movement of air into and out of the lungs, then insects don’t technically breathe as they lack the necessary organ. Instead, air passively enters their bodies ...
Cosmopolitan

How Does ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Voting Work? Exactly How Scores Are Tallied

Great news for everyone sad about deleting the Love Island USA app off their phone. It’s time to participate in yet another reality TV election from the comfort of your own home. Dancing With the ...
Ars Technica

Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents

Fruit flies aren’t exactly famous for their brainpower; you’ve probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table. And yet, working with roughly 140,000 neurons—a brain ...