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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

AI techniques speed up forensic analysis of crucial crime scene larvae

A maggot's age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. Combing through these fly larvae, investigators can potentially learn when and where a crime happened, whether the body has been moved or whether toxins were involved. For example, blowflies are among the earliest insect colonizers of corpses; they typically sniff out and lay eggs on a dead body within minutes to hours.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Could flies sniff out contraband chemicals?

Mutant insects could potentially detect narcotics and explosives, while ash seeds employ a screw propeller mechanism for dispersal.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I love midges because I know what their hearts look like': is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?

Taxonomist Art Borkent warns that biting midges and other organism groups face extinction from scientific study as aging researchers lack successors and funding dries up.
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