Exoskeleton

Capitalizing on emerging technology is crucial for successful companies if they want to avoid losing the consumer and market share. But there also is a fine line between tech hype and reality many of the buzziest ideas end up as busts and far fewer become maj…

Marvel fans across the globe have always dreamed of being the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist known as Iron Man. Well, former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage has built his own functional, flying Iron Man suit on his new eight-part series called S…

The plump rusty patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, once buzzed all across the eastern United States, the upper Midwest and parts of Canada. But today, the chunky critter is endangered, its population reduced by nearly 90 percent. In Minnesota, where the rusty…

A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium. Justin Dunning, living collections manager at Victoria Butterfly Gardens in B…

A Fredericton company has developed a natural food preservative from an unlikely source extract of mushroom. Chiber, a product developed by Chinova Bioworks, will offer food and beverage companies an alternative to artificial preservatives such as sodium sor…

It’s a compliment, I’m sure, the way ants are descending on my kitchen. The sticky sweet smell of homemade strawberry jam is irresistible if I do say so myself. But after watching them take an afternoon dip in my coconut oil I’m not feeling very hospitable. …

Lots of people dream of suiting up like Iron Man and shooting to the skies. Count former MythBusters co-host Adam Savage among them. Adam Savage and the Iron Man suit. "I hope this thing will fly."  CNET For Savage Builds, his new eight-part series focused…

(Tribune News Service) On an average day, 20 United States military veterans commit suicide. "One a day is too many, but 20 is a big number. It's unacceptable," said Chris Meek, of Connecticut. Meek, who is the co-founder of a non-profit called SoldierStron…

Alabama Hindu priests walk around the temple during the Pran Pratistha ceremony at the new Hindu Temple of Montgomery in Pike Road, Ala., on Sunday.  (Photo: Jake Crandall/ Advertiser) Pike Road: Montgomery Countys Hindu community came together for a once-…

Ah, spring. The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and the labouls are sprouting. Unfortunately if you are a ladybug, they are sprouting from your hindquarters. Welcome to the world of the Laboulbeniaceans (labouls for short), a group of insect-para…