Topic: Wageningen University
Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV. It's a move that's sure to impress even the most skilled circus contortionists. During flight...
Forget Angry Birds: a new iPad game called Pig Chase could allow you to interact with real animals. Designed by Clemens Driessen and a team from...
Ever wonder why flies always get away when you try to swat them? It turns out they're extremely acrobatic. Like, Neo-in-the-Matrix acrobatic. And...
Think flies aren't acrobatic? In this video, watch a fly perform an aerial somersault in slow motion, a move seldom observed in real time due to...
Tweet. It's easy to forget how much pigs are like us. Take, for instance, the simple fact that we're both omnivorous. Or that we both provide for...
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - The cost of farming algae as a biofuel must be cut by about 90 percent if it is to become commercially viable and reduce pressure on food prices, according to research by Dutch scientists.Major companies including oil giant ...
Dutch student Walinka van Tol inspects the worm protruding from a half-eaten chocolate praline she's holding, steels herself with a shrug, then pops it into her mouth."Tasty ... kind of nutty!" the 20-year-old assures her companions clutching an array of creepy ...
Tweet . Enjoying reading the latest technology news and reviews here on Crave? Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have discovered the sad news that Wi-Fi makes trees sick. The tree-loving folks of Dutch city Alphen aan den Rijn commissioned the study ...
As early as 1885, the British entomologist Vincent M. Holt wrote a booklet with the title: "Why not eat insects? Insects sold at Laotian markets. Three insect-rearing companies in The Netherlands since 2008 have been producing locusts and mealworms (Tenebrionid beetle larvae ...
Increasing the amount of "good" potassium salts in a diet may significantly improve blood pressure and increase cardiovascular health, according to a new study from researchers at Wageningen University. Data revealed the average potassium intake in 21 countries including the United States ...
