Cockroaches may become unlikely heroes in the case of earthquakes or other disasters. But we’re not talking about your run-of-the-mill cockroach. We’re talking about a surgically enhanced creature ...

In a defense lab in Germany, a small startup is wiring live cockroaches with AI-guided backpacks and turning them into steerable scouts that can slip through cracks no drone or soldier could reach.

*(CNN) — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for the impending surgery. When sufficient numbness is achieved, University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald begins the ...