Thursday, December 16, 2010
Inside science: How to build and name the insominator
A close up of the insominator, the device that keeps bees awake.
Researchers wanted to find out if sleep-deprived bees have trouble communicating just like sleep-deprived people do.
First, they had to keep the bees from getting too many Zs.
They couldn’t give the bees a buzz with shots of espresso or gulps of Red Bull. Nor could they keep the lights on and play loud music as if the bees next door were having a party.
Their answer was the insominator.
It sounds like
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