Scientists discover why certain cockroaches avoid eating insecticide-containing sugary bait.
Scientists discover why certain cockroaches avoid eating insecticide-containing sugary bait.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
Japanese researchers unravel the mystery of miracle fruit.
A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
December 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the November/December 2011 issue of The Scientist.
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