New research at the University of Warwick has (pardon the pun) put a new spin on a mathematical analogy involving a jumping grasshopper and its ideal lawn shape. This work could help us understand the ...

Superhumans don’t exist in the real world, but someday you might see super robots. Obviously, robots can be made that are stronger, faster, and better than humans, but do you think there is a limit to ...

Engineers at CU Boulder have designed a new, rubber-like film that can leap high into the air like a grasshopper—all on its own and without needing outside intervention. Just heat it up and watch it ...

A few years ago, the physicists Olga Goulko, Damián Pitalúa-García and Adrian Kent proposed the grasshopper problem. Think of a grasshopper that hops a fixed distance in a random direction. If the ...

I just read grasshoppers are considered a healthy source of protein. Hamburger, for example, is 18 percent protein and 18 percent fat. On the other hand, cooked grasshopper contains up to 60 percent ...

NORTH POWDER -- Grasshoppers munched more than 21,000 tons of grass and alfalfa in northeast Oregon's Baker County last year, drawing comparisons to a biblical plague. This year could be even worse.

It's going to take one powerful repellent to fend off the attack of Grasshopper in Saturday's $500,000 Super Derby Powered by Youbet.com (gr. II). It’s going to take one powerful repellent to fend off ...

The state will see a jump in the number of grasshoppers this summer, an insect expert says. Phil Glogoza, a North Dakota State University entomologist, said grasshopper numbers are expected to rise ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. --Grasslands and crop fields in Minnesota are hoppin' this month. A summertime insect is thriving, reaching numbers higher than usual. On a stroll through the prairie grass at ...

New research has (pardon the pun) put a new spin on a mathematical analogy involving a jumping grasshopper and its ideal lawn shape. This work could help us understand the spin states of ...

If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called 'liquid crystal elastomers,' onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap ...