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This Aussie Grasshopper Gave up Sex 250,000 Years Ago and Is Thriving, Apparently
Most animals on Earth have two sexes, male and female, that combine and mix their genes when they reproduce. We are so accustomed to this state of affairs that the existence of all-female species that don’t have sex, but instead reproduce by cloning, comes as a great surprise. The beautiful green grasshopper Warramaba virgo is…
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Scientists Froze Some Grasshoppers Mid-Bang To Study Their Genitals
You might not know this, but we’re in the midst of an insect shape-studying renaissance. MicroCT technology — basically a lab version of the CAT scanners found at hospitals — is increasingly allowing scientists to produce detailed three-dimensional images without destroying samples. So naturally, if we’re scanning everything, we might as well scan grasshopper genitalia…
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Watch The SpaceX Grasshopper Reach A New Record-Setting Height
In the past few months SpaceX’s Grasshopper has done test runs that included jaunts to 250 and 325m above ground. The rocket has been regularly sticking its landings and has even done some side-to-side manoeuvring. And now the Grasshopper has taken its biggest hop yet to 744m. Pretty slick.
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Watch SpaceX’s Grasshopper Hover 80m In The Air
When we last saw SpaceX’s Grasshopper, it had just finished a test flight that carried the vertical takeoff/landing rocket up to 40m. A couple months later, it’s now hovering in at around 80m!