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2 weeks ago

Chinese microbots inch closer to reality

Thanks to a Chinese team's innovation, the colony of microbots from Disney's animated feature Big Hero 6 is inching closer to reality. Professor Yan Xiaojun and his colleagues from Beihang University crafted the 2-cm-long robot insect, which weighs less than 2 grams and boasts a vertical projection area about the size of two fingernails. However, the additional load rendered it …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Beetle man of India

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s V Sharan has turned a childhood fascination into a mission to protect one of nature’s most elusive predators — tiger beetles. “I stumbled upon my first tiger beetle in 2014,” Sharan recalls, his passion evident. That moment changed everything for me.” That ‘blur’ turned out to be a Yellow-shouldered tiger beetle, one of India’s lesser-known treasures. While …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future

CNN

CNN — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for its impending surgery. “We see a future where after an urban disaster like an earthquake or a bombing, where humans can’t safely access the disaster site, being able to send in a bunch of cyborg beetles to navigate the disaster zone quickly and efficiently,” he says. …

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1 month ago

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor

NPR

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor toggle caption STEVEN_KING/STEVEN_KING, Clark University On an unseasonably warm fall morning in early November, Erin McCullough strides through Hadwen Arboretum — a small patch of woodland in Worcester in central Massachusetts. "Dung beetles are nature's cleanup crew," McCullough says. Dung beetles, she says, "are maybe a little less charismatic …

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54 years, 11 months ago

‘Corpse flower:’ Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking plant that only blooms once a decade

CNN

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. It’s the so-called “corpse flower,” or Amorphophallus Titanum, named after the putrid stench it releases when it blooms to attract pollinators like beetles and flies. The plant began blooming on Monday, November 11 after days of anticipation, with about 5,000 people arriving to see it that first day, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The noisome economics of dung beetles

Live Mint

THE ENGLISH colonists who brought cattle to Australia in 1788 soon faced a malodorous problem. It took almost two centuries for the explanation to emerge: Australian dung beetles, more used to marsupial droppings than those from cattle, left the deposits where they lay. It was only when European dung beetles were introduced to the country in 1968 that the Australian …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Scientists found a bacteria tricked a wasp to get rid of its males

The Hindu

A hundred years ago, two American researchers named Marshall Hertig and Simeon Burt Wolbach discovered that mosquitoes harboured bacteria within their cells. That is, normal titres of Wolbachia bacteria could induce unfertilised eggs to somehow double the chromosome number and enable the development of female wasps. The researchers found the genome of the wasp’s Wolbachia bacteria contained a functional version …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Louisiana lawmakers work to address ‘silent danger’ of thousands of dead and beetle-infested trees

Associated Press

— Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer’s drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down on homes, roads, power lines and businesses without warning, officials say. As more residents are reaching out to state and local officials asking for guidance and financial help to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Food ingredients infested with black beetles found in JNTU Sultanpur

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Telangana Food Safety department officials inspected the JNTU Sultanpur in Sangareddy district and found 15 kgs maida flour infested with black beetles. Around 25 kgs of fungal infested vegetables were also identified apart from unhygienic conditions with rodents and excessive presence of rat excreta in the storeroom. Kitchen, wash and dining areas were also found to be in unhygienic …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

ACT farmers encouraged to introduce dung beetles in pastures to improve soil quality, reduce fly numbers and save money

ABC

Decades ago, it wasn't possible to sit outside a Canberra cafe on the footpath and enjoy a bite to eat without your meal being overtaken by unwelcome diners. Mr Feehan, a dung beetle expert, said using the beetles as a biological resource in pasture land was both effective for improving soil quality and cheaper in the long run for farmers …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

An obsessed insect hunter: The creepy-crawly origins of daylight saving

BBC

An obsessed insect hunter: The creepy-crawly origins of daylight saving Internet Archive and George Vernon Hudson An early proponent of daylight saving pushed for the time-shift so he'd have more time to hunt insects. Not one to let his insect-studying instincts be curtailed, however, Hudson proposed a solution: shift the clocks back two hours during summer months – a concept …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Best nail polish brands: Essie, Nails Inc, Chanel and more

The Independent

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11 months, 1 week ago

India asks U.S. to permit domestic labs for fruit irradiation to cut trade cost

The Hindu

India has asked the U.S. to allow domestic labs also for irradiation of certain fruits like mangoes with a view to helping exporters cut additional trade costs, an official said. According to international trade experts, several Indian products may require irradiation at the U.S. ports before entering the U.S. market to comply with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round

ABC

Dung beetles could be the best pound-for-pound farm workers in the world. Key points: Farmers on WA's south coast have been setting up their own on-farm dung beetle nurseries Dung beetles are known to have multiple environmental benefits Farmers expect to save thousands on input costs by building dung beetle populations The beetles provide more than just manure management — …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Associated Press

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Ranger Marion Petrik holds spruce bark beetles during a bark beetle monitoring at the Lower-Saxony state forests in a forest of the Harz mountains near Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Spruce bark beetles …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Former Trump lawyers have been waving 'red flags' about the 'crazy legal team' they were working with

Raw Story

Appearing on MSNBC, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne marveled at Donald Trump's legal team's bickering and internal strife that has led some attorneys to bail and go public with their complaints. "You have this former Trump lawyer saying he was told that Mar-a-Lago, the storage room was the only location in which classified documents were stored," the MSNBC host prompted. …

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1 year, 7 months ago

What defines a species?

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Defining species Theoretically, “a species is a set of populations or one population of organisms that shares a common evolutionary history and reproduces with one another but not outside that group,” according to Nancy Simmons, curator-in-charge of mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. “But then ideally …

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1 year, 8 months ago

India’s newest named frog is a dark cave dweller in Meghalaya

The Hindu

GUWAHATI The newest croaker recorded in India is a dark cave dweller, unlike most members of the Ranidae family belonging to Amolops, a genus of true frogs. Scientists from the Shillong and Pune units of the Zoological Survey of India have named the new species Amolops siju after the Siju cave system of Meghalaya, from where four specimens were collected. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Artist bitten by the bug

China Daily

Combining mechanical components with specimens of insects or marine animals, Tan Yan'ge creates fantastic sculptures with a steampunk theme. At Tan Yan'ge's studio in Changsha, Hunan province, there is a retro-futuristic world of insects, which seems to come straight out of a sci-fi movie. Combining bug bodies with metal gears, mainly retrieved from watches, Tan has built an army of …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Rove beetle species, endemic to Western Ghats, ‘rediscovered’ after 120 years

The Hindu

A species belonging to a family of rove beetles and endemic to the Western Ghats, was recorded again after more than 120 years near Udhagamandalam. The paper is titled “Rediscovery of Menoedius andrewesi FAUVEL, 1903 in India, more than a century after its description.” Speaking to The Hindu, Samson Arockianathan, one of the authors of the paper said there had …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Flies are taking over thanks to climate change — while moths and other pollinators disappear

Salon

When you think of flowers being pollinated, you likely picture a bee or butterfly doing the work. There are far fewer moths and hoverflies than there were 125 years ago; now, flowers are being swarmed with muscoid flies, which are a superfamily including houseflies. Specifically, there are far fewer moths and hoverflies than 125 years ago; now, flowers are being …

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2 years ago

Gippsland farmers get their hands dirty to manage dung

ABC

A masterclass on dung beetle farming has caused a stir among a group of East Gippsland farmers, who are embracing the chance to learn how to trap dung beetles and build the nurseries needed to breed them to deal with excess farm manure. Key points: Dung beetles clear grazing pastures of dung, incorporating nutrients and helping water permeate the soil …

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2 years ago

Bubas bison dung beetles help Lucindale cattle farmer in more ways than one

ABC

It took 11 years before Hamish Macdonald started noticing a serious change at his South Australian farm after investing in dung beetles. Key points: A farmer invested thousands of dollars in dung beetles for his cattle farm The beetles are winter-active Bubas bison beetles that help with recycling nutrients in soil The farmer says the benefits of dung beetles are …

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2 years ago

Why we should value scavengers

BBC

Why we should value scavengers Alamy Vultures are highly adept at cleaning up carcasses, making them the most efficient scavengers in the animal world Vultures and hyenas play a vital role in preserving ecosystems and preventing diseases such as rabies. "There's something unusual about vultures' metabolism.they can't diclofenac and that causes kidney failure," says Bowden. "Vultures provide a number of …

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Chinese microbots inch closer to reality

Beetle man of India

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor

‘Corpse flower:’ Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking plant that only blooms once a decade

The noisome economics of dung beetles

Scientists found a bacteria tricked a wasp to get rid of its males

Louisiana lawmakers work to address ‘silent danger’ of thousands of dead and beetle-infested trees

Food ingredients infested with black beetles found in JNTU Sultanpur

ACT farmers encouraged to introduce dung beetles in pastures to improve soil quality, reduce fly numbers and save money

An obsessed insect hunter: The creepy-crawly origins of daylight saving

Best nail polish brands: Essie, Nails Inc, Chanel and more

India asks U.S. to permit domestic labs for fruit irradiation to cut trade cost

Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Former Trump lawyers have been waving 'red flags' about the 'crazy legal team' they were working with

What defines a species?

India’s newest named frog is a dark cave dweller in Meghalaya

Artist bitten by the bug

Rove beetle species, endemic to Western Ghats, ‘rediscovered’ after 120 years

Flies are taking over thanks to climate change — while moths and other pollinators disappear

Gippsland farmers get their hands dirty to manage dung

Bubas bison dung beetles help Lucindale cattle farmer in more ways than one

Why we should value scavengers