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To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that ...

WIRED spoke with the Zoomer founders of a platform where AI agents hire humans to do real-world tasks. Their pitch: "People ...

Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have identified a new taste receptor in a dangerous species of mosquitos that could lead to ...

The opening of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1923 has been followed by a trail of death and misfortune, with those who ...

On December 24, Elon Musk, CEO of xAI, encouraged people to try the Grok chatbot’s new image editing feature. Users quickly ...

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Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus affecting millions of people each year, with symptoms ranging from flu-like illness to severe bleeding and organ failure. Scientists are now using Wolbachia, a ...

The brutal winter conditions across Western Massachusetts could bring good news for residents and their pets when warmer weather arrives.