Top New Species for 2016, and a Perching Robot!
Today, we’re recapping some of the International Institute for Species Exploration’s Top 10 New Species of 2016, and talking about some tiny flying robots that can stick to things using electricity!
Hosted by: Michael Aranda
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Sources:
New Species
http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-05/scoe-elt051616.php
http://www.esf.edu/top10/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/11762745/New-plant-species-discovered-on-Facebook.html
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0115021
Perching Robot
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/aaft-brp051616.php
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6288/978
http://mashable.com/2016/05/19/perching-robot-bee/#Us1IjFj_8gqm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36313958
Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_von_Linn%C3%A9.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosera_magnifica10.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oniscus_asellus_-_female_side_2_(aka).jpg
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0115021#pone-0115021-g006
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/115642.php?from=327885
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6288/978.figures-only
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hummingbird_in_search_for_nectar.jpg
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/115602.php?from=327827