Morphing robots can grip, climb and crawl like insects
Pulling inspiration from the natural world, researchers at Colorado State University have developed a trio of robots that can morph their bodies and legs as needed.…
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Europe Edible Insects Market to Reach $2.98 Billion by 2030 – Exclusive Report by Meticulous…
Redding, California, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new market research report titled, ‘Europe Edible Insects Market by Product (Insect Powder, Insect Meal, Insect Oil), Insect Type (Crickets, Black Soldier Fly,…
As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria
By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN - Associated Press
As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation.…
Scientists Are Gene-Editing Flies to Fight Crop Damage
In 2008, a fruit fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila made its way from Southeast Asia to the continental US, likely hitching a ride on fruit shipments. First detected in California raspberry fields, the insect rapidly spread to other…
Let it bee: The women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — "Knife,” Adriana Velíz says with the concentration of a brain surgeon.Shrouded in a white bee suit, she lies stretched out on the ground…
Bees Get All the Love. Won’t Someone Think of the Moths?
Look, we get it—bees are fantastic. As more people keep piling into cities over the coming decades, we’ll need more of these insects to pollinate urban green spaces, which provide fresh produce and the biomass that can cool a metropolis.…
Autopsy finds ‘severe neglect’ to blame for man’s death in bedbug-infested Georgia…
ATLANTA (AP) — A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing "died due to severe neglect,” according to an independent autopsy released Monday by lawyers for his family.Lashawn Thompson, 35,…
The insects you actually want in your garden and how to get them
But Cutting, who this month received a Kenneth Myer Innovation Fellowship to support her work on the corridor, says this project aside, anyone gardening anywhere can follow her guidelines and grow plants that provide additional resources…
No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve heard about the #NoMowMay movement that’s been gaining steam on social media and in eco-conscious circles these past few…
No Mow May? Our gardening columnist says no
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve heard about the #NoMowMay movement that’s been gaining steam on social media and in eco-conscious circles these past few…