Cool Bees Trained to Tell One Face From Another
Image: Discovery File this under cool science to share with your kids! Bees continue to fascinate and often surprise scientists, and this rather interesting experiment certainly falls into both...
View ArticleStrange Real Bug / Hexbug Hybrid
This is without a doubt the strangest thing I’ve seen done with a Hexbug. The guys over at Backyard Brains are developing circuitry that can control the direction a cockroach walks. Starting with a...
View ArticleTake a Close Look at Backyard Microscopy
Recently, I tried to make a Leeuwenhoek style magnifying glass/microscope by drawing a bit of glass tubing into a ball using a propane torch (along the lines of the project in Make Magazine Vol 20.)...
View ArticleUnleash Electric Fury With the Stinger Portable Zapper
I am not a violent man, but I am a man who is terrified of spiders. This is unfortunate, as I live in the southeast, which, while I can’t outright confirm is where bugs come from, is certainly where...
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