Bed bugs are terrified of water, scientists find — and it's changing how we get rid of them

Diatomaceous earth takes the opposite approach to water — but bed bugs still hate it. Consisting of ground up fossilized ...

No, that's not how you get rid of bed bugs — try these techniques instead

Research has found bed bugs are terrified of water and it's changing how we fight an infestation. Is it time to put down the ...
ExtremeTech

Researchers create robot exoskeleton that is controlled by a moth running on a trackball

If you're terrified of the possibility that humanity will be dismembered by an insectoid master race, equipped with robotic exoskeletons (or would that be exo-exoskeletons?), look away now.
EurekAlert!

Variable circularly polarized light reflector combining circularly polarized light-reflection by insect exoskeletons with a conductive polymer

Tsukuba, Japan—Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light reception).
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cicadas have re-emerged in Wisconsin for the first time in 17 years. Why that isn't all bad news.

Brood XIII 17-year cicadas have begun emerging in Wisconsin this week for the first time since 2007. Some areas of the state, including Lake Geneva and the Driftless Area, could soon be overrun by ...