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Cyborg cockroach with camera ‘backpack’ can be steered remotely

Cyborg cockroach with camera ‘backpack’ can be steered remotely

8 June 2021

A Madagascar hissing cockroach fitted with a “backpack” computer and infrared camera could help search-and-rescue teams locate bodies in the aftermath of an earthquake
Parasitic ants keep evolving to lose their smell and taste genes

Parasitic ants keep evolving to lose their smell and taste genes

2 June 2021

When parasitic ants move into another species’ colony, they outsource foraging to the host ants – which may be why several species of parasitic ants have lost the genes for taste and smell

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