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Engineers hope to upload bees' brains into robots | Crave - CNET
Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:44:40 +0000
Researchers in the U.K. hope to create 'bionic bees' by scanning honey bees' brains and uploading them into autonomous flying robots. And they're not even doing it for a sci-fi film. Read this article by Bailey Johnson on CNET.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57525455-1/engineers-hope-to-upload-bees-brains-into-robots/
How GM crops have increased the use of danger pesticides and created superweeds and toxin-resistant insects | Mail Online
Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:08:53 +0000
The reported vicious circle shows that the more pesticides that are used, the more resilient the crop pests get.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211737/How-GM-crops-increased-use-danger-pesticides-created-superweeds-toxin-resistant-insects.html
Boeing Demonstrates Drones That Perform Like 'Swarm Of Insects' « CBS Seattle
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:10:03 +0000
Boeing engineers and researchers from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory successfully demonstrated a í¢ï¿½ï¿½swarmí¢ï¿½ï¿½ of drones to be used in battle. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of Seattle
http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/08/10/boeing-demonstrates-drones-that-perform-like-swarm-of-insects/
Thomas Shahan, Macrophotographer, Takes Amazing Pictures Of Insects (PHOTOS)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:01 +0000
Thomas Shahan will probably change the way you look at arthropods. The Oklahoma-based shutterbug practices macrophotography, taking close-up pictures of his subjects which, in this case, happen to be spiders and insects.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/thomas-shahan-macrophotographer-photos-pictures_n_1257999.html
18 of Nature's Most Powerful Medicinal Plants | WebEcoist
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:20:31 +0000
Here are surprisingly common herbs, flowers, berries and plants that are anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, repel insects, antiseptic, expectorant, antibacterial, and pain relieving.
http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2008/09/30/most-powerful-potent-medicinal-medical-plants-in-nature/
Honeybees 'entomb' hives to protect against pesticides, say scientists | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Mon, 02 May 2011 04:36:52 +0000
By sealing up cells full of contaminated pollen, bees appear to be attempting to protect the rest of the hive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/honeybees-entomb-hives
Secrets of Fire Ant Rafts Explained | Insects & Engineering | LiveScience
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:17:31 +0000
Tiny fire ants can drift of days, even weeks, on rafts they build out of themselves. Now scientists have explored the engineering behind these rafts.
http://www.livescience.com/13867-raft-fire-ants-buoyancy-flood-water-repellant-floatation.html
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