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This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State University. On Feb. 28-March 2, Future Tense will be taking part in Emerge, an annual ...

Over the past few years, a variety of cyborg animals have been unleashed, as scientists kit out cockroaches, locusts and even turtles with electronic accoutrements. Back in January, researchers from ...

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got cyborg animals, mega-piranhas, eco-skyscrapers, awesome treehouses, and much more! If you want to post a ...

While the most powerful robots are still learning to walk, millions of years of evolution has made animals masters of tricky terrain. To take advantage of this scientists are exploring ways to augment ...

Imagine a tiny fly-like drone with delicate translucent wings and multi-lensed eyes, scouting out enemies who won't even notice it's there. Or a substantial cockroach-like robot, off on a little trip ...

Science writer Emily Anthes has a new book out that covers all the ways we’re tinkering with animals and turning them into cyborgs, ready to obey our every whim. And, she reports, we’ve gotten a lot ...