Ever wonder how roaches are able to get into anything, no matter how tight the seams? Biologists have now shown that the American cockroach can flatten its body to one-fifth normal running height to squeeze through cracks as small as two stacked pennies, and can run at high speed when flattened by half. These features were reproduced in a squishy robot that can run even when flattened: ideal for search and rescue. —> Read More
Exposure to UK urban pollution 40 years ago is raising death rates today as a result of bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia
Researchers are developing ways of generating emotions through the sense of touch, smell and taste that could lead to what the designers are calling 9D TV. —> Read More
Millennials protest for more clean label products, but do they buy them? Kansas State University used chocolate to investigate and found Millennials do not want to pay high prices. —> Read More
In a new book, Why We Snap: Understanding the Rage Circuit in your Brain, Douglas Fields reveals the triggers that cause ‘normal’ people to lose their heads with rage, and become extremely violent. —> Read More
Sighs aren’t just signs of resignation, relief or the blues. Involuntary sighs are vital to lung health, say scientists who think they have figured out the brain circuitry that controls the reflex.
The megamouth fish: Giant ‘oar-like’ mouth of Rhinconichthys allowed it to scoop up vast quantities of plankton
Measuring about 6.5 feet long, it feasted on plankton using its giant ‘oar like’ mouth from the oceans of the Cretaceous Period, about 92 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the planet. —> Read More
Monash Institute found the prefrontal cortex and anterior insula were activated when people disagreed. These areas are linked to cognitive dissonance, a heightened state of mental stress. —> Read More
The majority of type 1 diabetics still have a large reserve of dormant insulin cells and it might be possible to switch them back on
For the first time, companies can apply to set up fish farms in U.S. federal waters. The government says the move will help reduce American dependence on foreign seafood and improve security.