cockroaches
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Researchers Created a ‘Cyborg Cockroach’ With a Backpack Camera to Inspect Disaster Zones
The next time you move to squish a cockroach, you may want to pause before your shoe delivers the finishing blow. One of the earth’s most infamous insects could become its cyborg saviour, according to a recent study by Japanese researchers.
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Blood Feasts And Roach Vacuums: The Life Of An Urban Pest Scientist
It’s not often you get to witness one of the most brutal acts of the natural world up close: bed bug sex.
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Newly Sequenced Cockroach Genome Explains Why They Are So Damn Hard To Kill
Cockroaches have been one of humanity’s most unwanted, yet admirably persistent, roommates for thousands of years. But despite our reluctant intimacy, there’s still a lot we don’t understand about these insects. A new study, published this week in Nature Communication, unpacks the genes that make roaches tick – and helps explain why they’re so damn…
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Badass Robotic Roach Explores Rubble After A Disaster
It’s often said that the only creature to survive a nuclear explosion will be the humble cockroach. Now this hardy insect has inspired the design of a tiny compressible robot, capable of squeezing into tight small spaces — like those created by the rubble following a building or tunnel collapse.