Can You Really Train Cockroaches Like on Orange is the New Black?
It seems like a very bizarre prospect, but is it possible? Can a person train a cockroach to run errands?
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It seems like a very bizarre prospect, but is it possible? Can a person train a cockroach to run errands?
Every once in a while, we're reminded of World War I's awful legacy: Trenches that run like gashes through the French countryside, craters in farmland, the iron harvest. These scars are even deeper than we might imagine. Bombs actually shattered bedrock and created the bizarre, dimpled landscape of modern day Verdun.
Wouldn't it be a great to have doors that open automatically without a 20 second delay? Researchers in Japan have managed to invent a sensor that can make that dream a reality.
A problem in the trenches of WWI had developed where soldiers crawling around in the mud weren't able to see their watch dials at night.
It will appear golden and huge in the sky, so pay attention because it will not happen again until June 2098.
This is the first evidence of an idea that's been around for years: deep inside the Earth's mantle is hidden massive amounts of water in the rock.
Studies have shown that simply getting on your feet can ward off all manner of ill health. But how much do you need to do to reap the benefits?
That's a headline I never thought I'd write.
It sounds weird, but the most abundant mineral on Earth finally got a name last week, thanks to a century-old meteorite.
God have mercy on your soul if you step on a Lego brick that is on a tiled, rather than carpeted, floor.
Not sure yet if it's suitable for vampire lunchboxes, though.
Thanks to a byproduct of the Atomic age, the art world has a potent tool for finding forgeries.
This heat-sensitive colour-changing Higgs Boson mug enlightens you with details about the Large Hadron Collider and what it's hunting for.
Guys, there's a rock made of plastic. It's not natural, it's all because of us.
Supervolcanoes are a seriously nasty by-product of plate tectonics. How nasty? This video from TED will show you.
A look at hollow fangs, grooved teeth, lip glands, claws, spurs, spines, stings, and tentacles – all designed to paralyse with venom.
