insects Footage of locusts swarming in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Rob Beschizza

swarms Play with a fantastic swarm simulator David Pescovitz

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

b-side Is 2020 over yet? Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet In the 1870s, enormous swarms of grasshoppers beset pioneers on the American plains Futility Closet

silent spring summer fall and winter Insect apocalypse – mayfly population has dropped 50% since 2012 Mark Frauenfelder

scholarship German neofascists used Qanon to expand their reach Cory Doctorow

NãoNãoNãoNão Venomous scorpions invade urban Brazil Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The Occult Defence Agency Budgeting Simulator: a text adventure that pits monster-slaying against austerity Cory Doctorow

robots What robots can learn from fire ants David Pescovitz

bugs New tick menace has the potential to spread terrifying viruses Seamus Bellamy

video Watch military swarm drones lock on and surround a target Andrea James

Food Climate change has created massive blooms of ecologically disruptive jellyfish, but luckily they're delicious Cory Doctorow

DRONES Drones to airdrop hundreds of thousands of mosquitos to fight disease David Pescovitz

Science Gorgeous and fascinating look into the science of animal schooling Andrea James

pikachu Watch: Pikachu starts deflating during dance show, wrestled off stage Carla Sinclair

video Starling murmurations as you've never heard before Andrea James

biomimicry Ant colonies could inspire better network algorithms and robot swarms David Pescovitz