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Insects
From creepy crawlies to those that buzz and fly, insects are all around.
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Smart insects — How tiny brains do brilliant things
The latest research shows we’ve long underestimated the intelligence of insects.
Home invaders: 5 harmless spiders coming to get you!
Global warming is creating more hospitable environments for invasive spider species around the world.
SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age
New AI technologies are being used to protect species more effectively.
What can we learn from spiders?
This week's viewer question comes from Jorge Enrique J. from El Salvador.
Why dying forests could be good news
Germany's forests are rapidly declining, but a more resilient and diverse ecosystem is emerging.
Industry aiding the environment - MADE
Reforesting, sustainable fish farming and car battery recycling
The Bedbug Hunters
Before the turn of the millennium, bedbugs were considered largely eradicated in Europe. Now they're back.
Pollinating insects we depend on for food production
Bees often get all the credit. But without pollination by other insects as well, supermarket shelves would look empty.
When a simple wasp sting becomes life-threatening
For those with insect venom allergies, a wasp sting can cause fatal anaphylactic shock.
Norovirus outbreak hospitalizes hundreds in Italian village
A highly contagious norovirus outbreak has hospitalized more than 300 in a village on the shore of Lake Garda in Italy.
Uganda: How bees and trees can help prevent landslides
Beekeeping incentivizes farmers to plant and protect trees on the landslide-prone slopes of Uganda's Mount Elgon.
Pakistan: How insect farming can lead to healthy poultry
Chicken feed in Pakistan is often unhealthy, but a cheap option for farmers. This woman is offering an alternative.
Bug counting in Bonn: Why track insects in cities?
A Bonn-based German NGO is training volunteers to count insects to see how climate change is affecting the bugs.
Bug meat and other fake news inundate EU voters
Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies.
How important are bees for humans?
We have honeybees to thank for honey, but wild bees are the better pollinators.
Tamil Nadu: Shrimp farmers turn to insect feed
By shifting to insect feed, shrimp farmers in Tamil Nadu are boosting shrimp health and profit margins.
Future-proof innovations to protect nature - Eco India
Insects give shrimps a boost - and add crunch to pizzas too. Dal Lake’s future depends on conservation efforts. Plus hot
How did spider eyes evolve?
This week's Tomorrow Today viewer question comes from Jorge Enrique J. in El Salvador.
Tomorrow Today – The Science Magazine
Eating algae instead of fish; health effects of energy and soft drinks; snakes as early-warning sensors for earthquakes
Beekeeping - The next generation
Beekeeping is in. The number of young beekeepers is skyrocketing.
Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People
Slovakian painter Andrej Dúbravský is openly gay and a target of the country's culture minister.
Italy: Pizza with insects
An Italian company farms insects to use as a pizza topping: a disgrace to Italian cuisine?
Kenyan beekeepers turn to bee venom as an alternative
Beekeepers in Kenya are turning away from traditional honey harvesting to tap into the growing market for bee venom.
The Perfect Garden for Bees with AI
AI-Art: the Pollinator Pathmaker designs gardens, so that they offer the ideal path for insects.
Why more women are doing 'Veganuary'
Why is a diet that leads to better human health (and a cooler climate)… just not very popular with men?
The health benefits of honey
Honey can help heal wounds and ease cold symptoms. Manuka honey boasts impressive antibacterial properties.
Bugs that eat plastic
On this episode, we explore how feasible plastic eating enzymes might be to curbing plastic pollution.
From spiders to seashells: Curious Christmas ornaments
Forget regular baubles and tinsel! Fancy trying these tree trimming ideas from different cultures around the world?
Can Ugandans love of fried grasshoppers take off elsewhere?
Scientists say grasshoppers and other insects could be the future of our diet. In Uganda, many welcome the idea.
A forest pest – the Asian long-horned beetle
A beetle species indigenous to Asia has arrived in Europe and is threatening forests there.
Birth control for tiger mosquitos
Researchers are trying to drive down tiger mosquito numbers in Switzerland with the 'sterile insect technique'.
Tomorrow Today – The Science Magazine
What can be done about invasive insects that can transmit dangerous diseases or damage ecosystems?
Tamil Nadu's wild honey hunters
Traditional honey gathering in the hills of western Tamil Nadu is under threat as bee populations decline.
Cities and communities embrace sustainable solutions
Pune explores solutions to the sanitary waste problem. Plus: Southern India’s thriving female farming collectives.
Inside Europe - 12 October 2023
How Russia is using the Israel-Hamas conflict for its own ends, no show for Syria in The Hague as the country is tried for war crimes, and we meet the international volunteers keeping vital aid to Ukraine stocked up. Also: two German states shift to the right, Paris cleans up a major bedbug infestation, and conservatives threaten to halt major reforms in the Catholic Church.
Bedbugs: Small, resistant and very hard to fight
Paris is fighting bedbugs. The parasites are extremely hard to get rid of. Our author found out the hard way.
Hungarian beekeepers face uncertain future
Times are tough for Hungary's beekeepers: Competition from Ukrainian honey is driving prices down.
Invasive species – Japanese beetles on the move in Europe
The Swiss are struggling to keep out the Japanese beetle – an invasive species that causes great damage to agriculture.
Tomorrow Today – The Science Magazine
Coping with invasive beetles, cutting sheep methane emissions, microplastics in plants, greywater in irrigation
Saving farmers’ livelihoods with honeybees
Used wisely in agriculture, honeybee colonies can help boost farmers yields and incomes.
UK butterfly count aims to help save species
Conservationists in the UK have launched the world's largest butterfly hunt asking citizens to help counting butterflies
Using bytes and bees to enhance green smallholders
A startup in Zambia is helping farmers to form saving circles, access payment services and receive personalized advice.
Cricket swarm invades city in US state of Nevada
Millions of Mormon crickets have invaded the city of Elko, blanketing homes and roads for weeks.
Move over polyester, make way for spider silk
Spider silk is completely biodegradable, yet incredibly durable. Is it the fabric of the future?
Tomorrow Today - The Science Show
How can we rid our oceans of microplastics? And what materials could replace plastic?
How 'Spider-Man' cleans up Nigeria
Jonathan Olanlokun wears a Spider-Man costume to highlight the problem of trash on the streets of Nigeria.
How climate change kills species
What happens when rising temperatures cause plants to flower too early and insects miss their flowering?
REV - The Auto and Mobility Show
A sustainable SUV from Mazda; old Mercedes in Lebanon; and VW Beetles in Pakistan.
Pakistanis love their VW Beetles
In hardly any other country are VW Beetles cherished and cared for as lovingly as in Pakistan.
Insects are dying off in German forests
This entomological study could have serious repercussions biodiversity in Europe.
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