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Ants' Grooming Combs Could Hold the Key to Cleaning Nanogadgets
Mimicking the bugs’ natural cleaning abilities could help scientists clean sensitive electronics.
Don't Buy Thousands of Live Insects Online You Drunk Idiot
And please don't send us a bunch of biting ants.
How to Cook Bugs: Ants
Intelligent, hive-minded, hard-working ants cause little more than a nuisance to most of us in the West. And if you know how to cook them, they can certainly be delicious, too.
Gin and Tonic Tastes Better with Ants
Culinary research organisation, the Nordic Food Lab has worked with a British distillery to create a gin using red wood ants, an insect with a subtle, citrus-like flavour.
Watch This Ant Use Its Powerful Jaws to Catapult Away From Danger
The mandibles of the trap-jaw ant can maim an enemy at speeds of over 144 kilometers per hour—but they can also be used to jump.
Have Fun Dreams About These Swarms of Tiny Autonomous Robotic Insects
Festco unveils its latest creations: robo-ants and autonomous butterflies.
The Odyssey of Andrea Oliva: From Rookie Upstart to Techno Titan
The Ushuaïa Ibiza resident grants us his latest mix.
Carnivorous Plants Are More Conniving Than You Think
Biologists discover that the pitcher plant will let ants feed for free... as long as they spread the word to all their other tasty ant friends.
Attack of the Giant Ants
We’re calling them stygian ants. Driven from the deep shale by the frackers. Let’s hope this is the only colony that surfaces.