May 16 2011

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Tag: Animals,Asteroids,Bacteria,Building,Ceremonies,Chemistry,Community,Devices,Disaster Scenarios,Earth,Engineering,Experiments,Family Members,Fear,Fish,Flies,Fruit,Hearing,High School,Inventions,Kids,Laboratories,Meteorites,Nobel Prize,Nuclear Science,Particles,Plants,Plastic,Recipes,Science,Scientists,Sight,Spiders,Technology,Transportation,Tumor,Yeast and Bread Machine — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:24 pm
Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

Jan 14 2011

Fruit Flies Help Solve Computer Problem

Tag: Computers,Flies,Sensors,Volcanoes — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:08 pm
The insect's nerve cells offer a model of network efficiency.

Jul 16 2010

One Sperm Gene For All Animals

Tag: Animal Evolution,Animals,Birds,Fertility,Fish,Flies,Genes,Genetic Science,Insects,Mammals,Medicine,Men,Mollusks,Primates,Sex and Reproduction — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:19 pm
What do squirrels, corals, beetles and man have in common? Sperm.

Jul 14 2010

3D Technology Images Flying Animals

Tag: Animals,Birds,Computers,Flies,Flying Animals,Insects,Life Science,Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 12:55 pm
Although 3D imaging is predominantly used in blockbuster movies, this new system could reveal even the tiniest details of airborne animals and insects.

Jul 01 2010

Flying Car Gets FAA Approval

Tag: Aircraft,Aviation,Cars,Flies,Safety,Vehicles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:26 pm
The Federal Aviation Administration has just removed a major hurdle from the path of a vehicle that may well be the first commercially viable flying car.

Jun 07 2010

Solar Panels Lure, Kill Insects

Tag: Death and Dying,Deserts,Flies,Insects,Solar Power — Jessica Marshall @ 2:43 pm
Why should we care if a green energy spells doom for certain insects? It matters since the bugs are a key part of an important food chain, say scientists.

Mar 26 2010

Bumblebees Have Supersonic Color Vision

Tag: Bees,Eye,Flies,Insects,Sight — Larry O'Hanlon @ 8:45 am
Bees' color vision clocks in as the fastest in the animal world.