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With crane fly-inspired enhancements, the RoboBee achieves reliable landings, which is crucial for its delicate structure and ...

Inspired by this natural design, the engineers outfitted the RoboBee with its own set of long, double-jointed legs. These new appendages are designed to cushion the impact as the robot transitions ...

The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land?

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Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...