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February 14, 2017 1 min read
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. Delicious chocolates and sweets are being sold practically by the dozen. What’s your favorite kind of chocolate for Valentine’s Day? Orange cream? Caramel? Truffle? […]
The post Next Valentine’s Day, Why Not Treat Your Lover To Insect Sweets? appeared first on Geek.com.
January 12, 2017 1 min read
If you used to frolic around the pool during the summer dodging bumblebees but realize there don’t seem to be as many as they used to be, you’re on to something. The rusty […]
The post Bumblebees Are Now Considered an Endangered Species in the US appeared first on Geek.com.
September 01, 2016 1 min read
Pain is a hard thing to quantify, but University of Arizona entomologist Justin Schmidt has done his best to do just that. He’s stung himself over 1,000 times with 85 different insects so […]
The post Entomologist subjects himself to “lie on the floor screaming” levels of insect sting pain appeared first on Geek.com.
July 11, 2016 1 min read
Bats have been feared and maligned throughout history, especially when they’re not also men. Despite this, bats have always been an important natural way of keeping the insect population in check. With fears […]
The post New York’s answer to the Zika virus: Bats appeared first on Geek.com.
July 07, 2016 1 min read
There’s a rather boring little species of gnat in New Zealand called Arachnocampa luminosa. Well, it’s boring when it’s an adult gnat. When it’s still in its larval stage, Arachnocampa luminosa is known […]
The post Carnivorous sticky cave worms glow like a star to attract prey appeared first on Geek.com.
June 08, 2016 1 min read
Mosquitoes were buzzing around Earth long before humans arrived, but with billions of us across the globe, these insects have a buffet like never before. There’s now renewed concern over mosquito bites as […]
The post Mosquitoes use six highly specialized needles to suck your blood appeared first on Geek.com.
May 30, 2016 1 min read
Cockroaches are efficient little creatures, which might explain why so many researchers use them as the basis for their robotic creations. The latest mechanical roach goes by the descriptive name JumpRoACH, and yes, […]
The post JumpRoACH is a 60 gram robot that can jump 1.6 meters in the air appeared first on Geek.com.
May 23, 2016 1 min read
Battery technology isn’t advancing anywhere nearly as quickly as we’d like. That’s why our smartphones typically need charging every day, our laptops still can’t get much beyond a handful of useful hours on […]
The post Insect-sized flying robots use static electricity to perch and save energy appeared first on Geek.com.
May 12, 2016 1 min read
As humans were evolving in the plains of Africa, a different kind of evolution was taking place in Romania. The insectoid residents of Movile Cave were cut off from the outside world more […]
The post Romanian cave sealed for 5.5 million years is full of strange creatures appeared first on Geek.com.
May 07, 2016 1 min read
Researchers at Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab have given robots yet another ability that could one day doom humanity in the robot apocalypse. The engineers have taught insectoid robots how to cooperate to climb […]
The post Cockroach robots learn how to use teamwork to climb stairs appeared first on Geek.com.
March 31, 2016 1 min read
Lately, we've been thinking about the bugs we'll be totally cool with eating once the apocalypse hits and there isn't anymore prime rub.
The post The top 11 bugs we’ll be fine with eating when civilization crumbles appeared first on Geek.com.
February 09, 2016 1 min read
Cockroaches are famously hard to kill. They can survive weeks without a head, withstand levels of radiation that would fry most other creatures, and won’t even necessarily die if you step on them. […]
The post Researchers design compressible robot based on cockroach appeared first on Geek.com.
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