Tiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brain
Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, inspired…
How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?
How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge…
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
SWNS A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of…
Handheld Macro Mastery: How to Capture Stunning Close-Ups Without a Tripod
Photographer Chris McGinnis has never taken a macro photograph in the field with a tripod in his entire…
Close-Up Photographer of the Year Celebrates Minuscule Marvels and Delicate Details — Colossal
The shortlist for this year’s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has arrived. After deliberating for a total…
Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition Reveals the Vastly Unseen — Colossal
Such minuscule details of life may be out of sight, but they’re certainly not out of existence. Back…
Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media
 Sweetbriar Nature Center – via Storyful With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made…
Glimpse Spectacularly Tiny Worlds in Winning Videos from Nikon’s Small World In Motion Competition — Colossal
From a remarkable demonstration of flower self-pollination to algae swimming in a water droplet in a Japanese 50…
Bee Stingers Inspire Superior and Comfortable Continuous Drug Delivery
New wearable microneedle patches mimic bee stings to provide painless, long-lasting drug delivery – credit, Professor Wonku Kang…
Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution
Plastics that support modern life are inexpensive, strong, and versatile, but are difficult to dispose of and have…
US plans $750M fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating parasite
The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies,…
Tarantula mating season brings massive spider swarms to Southwest states
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tarantula mating season is here — and if you’re in…