What would you want to do with a cockroach? Most people would like to squash, smash, or burn the verminous pest, but scientists aren’t wired like that. Instead, a Japanese-led research team in Singapore has turned cockroaches into remote-operated brainless drones. By inserting probes into the roaches’ nervous systems, the scientists can pilot them around …
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Paleontology, or the study of extinct organisms, can be a tricky field. Often, researchers discover remnants of ancient creatures with absolutely indecipherable body structures. Those features are surprisingly commonly due to some kind of physical damage. After all, it’s easy for bones to crack and warp over millions upon millions of years, resulting in bizarre …
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Some families have a nemesis. It might be a neighbor, a distasteful distant cousin, or maybe an employer who mistreated one of the family members. Shanichara Bote’s family is different. Their archenemy is an elephant, and for a good reason. That elephant has killed four members of her family, despite them relocating to get away …
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A celebrity has returned to Tasmania on his annual tour. This famous personality, however, is not a rock star, sportsperson, or politician. Instead, he’s Neal the Elephant Seal. For the last few years, Neal has crawled out of the ocean in southern Tasmania. He sticks around for a couple of weeks to shed his old …
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Gender reveal parties have gotten a bad rap over the last few years. It’s not undeserved, considering multiple deaths and massive wildfires directly linked to the parties. Fortunately, this latest incident didn’t result in massive property damage or loss of life. It certainly won’t do anything to improve gender reveal parties’ reputation. Recently, Crystal White, …
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Do you think you know all of these weirdest things found in nature? Like the glass frog, for instance? Turritopsis dohrnii – Often called the “immortal jellyfish,” this tiny creature can return to an earlier stage of its life cycle after reaching adulthood, making scientists study its unusual aging process. Axolotl – A strange amphibian …
Has anyone ever told you that your high-end PC is a waste of money? The next time someone does, you can quote this story to prove that your expensive gaming rig might one day save your life. At least if your neighbor happens to have a trigger-happy dog. A Wisconsin woman recently had a freak …
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The oceans are full of strange creatures. For example, look no further than the remora. Remoras are shark-like fish with a unique suction cup-shaped back fin. With that fin, they can attach themselves to the stomachs of larger fish. Doing so, they can hitch a ride with the bigger, scarier ocean dweller. As they do …
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Thousands upon thousands of giant cockroaches skitter around a house. They’re breeding out of control, their numbers increasing day by day. This isn’t some nightmarish pest infestation scenario, though. It was one dubious character’s illegal moneymaking scheme. Australian police recently pulled the biggest exotic insect seizure in the country’s history. They confiscated an absolutely mindblowing …
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Space is not the place to be. Unless you’re an alien, no living thing can withstand the horrible conditions of the void. Or so you might think. As it turns out, though, there are plenty of creatures that are perfectly fine with a trip to the orbit – or even long-term exposure to the vacuum …
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