We discovered that cockroaches traversed horizontal crevices smaller than a quarter of their height in less than a second by compressing their bodies’ compliant exoskeletons in half. Once inside ...

The merger of living creatures with machines is a staple of science fiction, but it’s also a serious line of research for ...

Diatomaceous earth works similarly to boric acid: when cockroaches walk over it, it gets onto to their exoskeleton, damaging ...