Opinion

Gen Z gets into pest control: NEET protests cut across identity lines, and bypass mainstream media’s ‘manufactured consent’

A spontaneous protest movement dubbed the “Cockroach Janta Party” emerged from an offhand remark by CJI Surya Kant, showing how a single word can spark widespread dissent. Driven largely by Gen Z, the ...
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A Grain-of-Rice Bug Hid a Reproductive Organ Unlike Any Known to Science

Quick Take What Is a Leafhopper? Discover the New Species How Scientists Could Tell It Apart What Else Do Scientists Know? When a team of researchers from China and the United Kingdom was collecting ...
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What bit me? How to tell most common bug bites apart

Not sure what critter left that bite on your arm? Here's how to tell common bug bites apart.
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Human-sized bed bugs: How it would change the world

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if bed bugs were the size of humans.
Discover Wildlife

Prehistoric insects were absolutely massive. Here's why they needed to be so darn big

Fossil evidence exists of giant prehistoric insects. Dragonfly-like creatures Meganeura monyi and Meganeuropsis permiana flew ...

A bug commonly sold at pet stores is helping scientists with a vexing task

The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to ...