Source: North Carolina State University, http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bozkurt-Roach-1-615.jpg

The University of North Carolina recently announced that they had success with a project that allowed scientists to control the movement of cockroaches. The project, which specifically uses Madagascar hissing cockroaches, involves the placement of a sort of technological backpack on the cockroach’s back that connects to the body with wires. According to the individuals working on the project, the ability to control a small cockroach to obtain data in hard to reach places saves money since small, fully robotic systems of the same size would not need to be created.

Source: New Scientist, http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn13412/dn13412-1_567.jpg

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Source: Hawaii University, http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT/public/images/telescope/panorama_snow.jpg

Source: NASA, http://ki.jpl.nasa.gov/images/keckTwilight-med.jpg

Occupying a vast 500 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Mauna Kea Observatory is currently the world’s largest array of optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomical equipment. Combined, the light-gathering ability of the telescopes on MKO is sixty times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. Mauna Kea houses more telescopes than any other single mountain peak observatory.

Source: NASA, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0902/MKMilkyWaypan_pacholka_600WPAP.jpg

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Known primarily for its bright, peculiar shape, some claim that the nebula is a favorite among amateur astronomers.