If those two emotions form a Venn diagram, cockroaches would scurry inside the area of overlap. “Cockroaches are oily and greasy, which is a real signal for disgust,” Lockwood says.

Summary diagram of the laser setup from the paper: 1 – transparent box containing cockroaches, 2 – Pi cameras, 3 – Jetson nano, 4 – laser, 5 – galvanometer, 6 – laser beam, L – ...

After extensive research, the study authors placed the cockroach in the Toarcian age. This is the early part of the Jurassic, approximately 180 million years ago, and named it Alderblattina simmsi.

A diagram of common household cockroaches, including the German roach (A), the American cockroach (B), the Australian cockroach (C), the wingless female of the Oriental roach (D), ...

An international team of scientists has created cyborg cockroaches, with electronics wired to their nervous systems that allow them to be remote controlled. The researchers fitted wireless control ...

The milk crystals of the Pacific beetle cockroach are beautiful. Slice open an embryonic roach under a microscope, and the crystals spill out in a shower of nutrient-dense glitter.