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The reason why insects are attracted to artificial light

The Reason Why, Insects Are Attracted , to Artificial Light. Gizmodo reports that researchers believe they finally know why ...
BBC

Would you eat insects if they were tastier?

Crickets have become a go-to bug for chefs experimenting with edible insects “Think of it as cricket cake, like fish cake,” the chef said as he urged the man in the buffet line to try the steaming, ...
Live Science

Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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How NASA plans to use insects to build life on the moon and Mars

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...
Wired

Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel?

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...
Science Daily

Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...
BBC

Why you should let insects eat your plants

Renegade gardeners across the world are embracing a new philosophy: gardening that prioritises insects, not plants. The marauders appeared out of nowhere. Looking through my window, I saw them – ...
The Conversation

Eating insects: good for you, good for the environment

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations released a report on Monday called Edible Insects: Future prospects ...
Nature

Why Should We Eat Insects? It’s the Future of Food

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...
Scientific American

Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?

In the early 1990s, when I was a Ph.D. student at the Free University of Berlin modeling the evolution of bee color perception, I asked a botany professor for some advice about flower pigments. I ...
Newsweek

Insects Are Disappearing in Untouched Areas, and Scientists Are Alarmed

Flying insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed ecosystems, raising fears that climate change may be playing a greater role than previously understood. The study, conducted by ...