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Remote Control Beetle

At the University of California, Berkeley, researchers have created a remote control beetle.  Now, this isn’t a mechanical beetle.  It’s a real beetle.  Controlled by remote. This task was...

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Meat Without Murder

Scientists say that they’re about ten years away from being able to produce meat without slaughtering animals.  They can actually do it now but there’s a minor problem:  It currently takes about a...

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Smell of Lady Tears Turn Men Off

When infertile, a female human will secrete a stinking chemical from her face to ward of the sexual advances of males. Female tears of grief reduce arousal in men. And not just because of the smeared...

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Social Media Cockroach Forecast

Chance of storm with a lot of roaches. As part of their social media marketing campaign, pharmaceutical company, Lion, has invented a cockroach forecast. CScout says: The company created a website...

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RoboBee Speaks in Dance to Real Bees

pic nicked from here German scientists have made a robot that can imitate the waggle dance that bees use to communicate. RoboBee is stuck to the end of a rod attached to a computer, which determines...

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Cyborg Moth

From New Scientist: GOVERNMENT spooks want cyborg insects to snoop on their enemies. Biologists want to tap into the nervous systems of insects to understand how they fly. A probe that can be...

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New Insect Drone Research from US Defence Agencies

Bio-mimicking MAV (micro aerial vehicles) are nothing new. (Been blogging about them almost as long as I’ve been blogging.) But, if you’re new to this, these are drones, that is, flying robots, that...

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Joseph K-Hole

Nanotechnology skin sensor tracks eye ball motion: They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. They might be Peeping Toms. The super-flexible nanogenerator demonstrated its great potential to work...

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Cockroaches Breed Faster When They Cuddle

Female cockroaches who experience the soft touch of other cockroach antennae (or a simulation of it) reproduce faster than ones who do not. Smithsonian sez: Across the board, the team found, females...

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Spiders Cause Mazda Recall of 42,000 Sedans

Mazda has recalled 42,000 sedans because they’re a nesting ground for spiders. It’s not just the creepy critter factor either. These spiders present an actual danger. An artist’s rendering of mechanics...

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