Bees have been trained to sniff out explosives
I read this a few days ago, and forgot to bookmark it. Now it has been reported again by CNN:
Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained bees to sniff out explosives in a project they say could have far-reaching applications for U.S. homeland security and the Iraq war.Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico said they trained honeybees to stick out their proboscis—the tube they use to feed on nectar—when they smell explosives in anything from cars and roadside bombs to belts similar to those used by suicide bombers.Researchers in the program, dubbed the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project, published their findings Monday…