If one hack that controls amputated cockroach legs this week wasn’t enough for you, we’ve got another. Earlier this week we saw two neuroscientists at Backyard Brains put on a show at a TED talk by ...

There's an app for just about anything these days. Want to find a date near you? Or just have a woman pretend to be your date? The app store has you covered. Now, there’s one more thing your phone can ...

Neuroscientists [Tim Marzullo] and [Greg Gage] wanted a way to get kids interested in neuroscience. What they came up with isn’t terribly far from something found in Frankenstein’s lab; by amputating ...

In this TedTalk, we see how electrical stimulation of neurons can trigger activity in a severed cockroach leg. And lemme tell ya, this cockroach can dance. A little background may be in order. Tim ...

Severed cockroach legs serve as training tool for next generation of engineers working on artificial limbs. Four University of Pennsylvania juniors crowd around a pair of severed cockroach legs. Steve ...

Why Are They Called Cockroaches? The name cockroach comes from the Spanish term cucaracha, which derives from the Latin ...