Brain-inspired computing promises cheaper, faster, more energy efficient processing, according to experts at a Beijing conference, who discussed everything from reverse engineering insect brains ...

After all, insect brains are tiny and have just a million or so neurons, compared with a human’s average of 86 billion. Like many of us, Klein had assumed that insects are just collections of ...

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) researchers are unraveling the secrets of the fruit fly brain to advance ...

As such, scientists don’t yet know whether these fungi have evolved resemblant insect-manipulation mechanisms or whether each has a unique strategy for achieving a common result. To determine how her ...

12. A cockroach can survive for about two weeks without its head This is because insects' brains are split between each segment of their bodies. They also don’t breathe through their mouths but ...

They found that the temperature to which the insects are exposed to during the pupal stage has an effect not only on brain development but also on odor-driven behavior. Metabolic theory for brain ...