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Chocolate with Ahuautle, mosquito egg and Chapulines (grasshoppers) Ahuautle or Axayacatl, aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which ahuauhtli, deposited abundantly on brushes in lakes and ponds and are collected and sold as a sort of Mexican caviar, as part of the Aztec food. After being thoroughly cleaned and washed, they are toasted on a comal clay pan and they are prepared with garlic, lime juice and salt containing extract of agave worms, lending a sour spicy salty taste to the finished product. You can find snacks of grasshoppers all over Mexico This is a close-up photo of the Mexican dish, ready to be eaten.

How Mexico’s Locals Are Trying to Save Its Historic “Mexican Caviar”

Eggs have been a healthy breakfast staple for thousands of years. Even the Aztec emperor Montezuma is said to have eaten them with his morning summer meals, according to the BBC — though his weren’t from a chicken, but an insect, the Axayácatl fly. Ahuautle, also known as “Mexican caviar,” was considered a food of […]

FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 03: Travis Livingston, senior Florida Forest Service forest ranger, evacuates Steve Armstrong and his dog from Fort Myers Beach in the wake of Hurricane Ian on October 3, 2022 in Fort Myers, Florida. The death toll in the state from Ian rose to at least 100 today following the storm making landfall as Category 4 hurricane, causing extensive damage along the coast as rescue crews continued the search for survivors. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Good Samaritans Rescue Displaced Animals in Wake of Hurricane Ian: Meet Some of the Heroes

Hurricane Ian, one of the deadliest storms in Florida’s history, prompted the largest ever federal search-and-rescue mission — and that includes the state’s pets. In addition to helping residents, efforts have since expanded to help the four-legged and furry friends that have also been displaced from their homes and families after the Category 4-storm made […]

The Tegel Projekt: Berlin to Transform Abandoned Airport Into Eco-Friendly Metropolis

Berlin, Germany, is transforming a disused airport into an über-modern, green metropolis. After the Tegel international airport saw its final plane take off in 2020, the 1,235-acre site sat unoccupied, and air traffic transferred over to the newer and nearby Berlin Brandenburg Airport. But the space wouldn’t be abandoned for long. By 2021, plans for […]

Meet ART: The Amphibious Robotic Turtle With Limbs That Morph Into Flippers

A team at Yale University took inspiration from turtles and tortoises to develop an innovative amphibious robot that can walk on land and swim — and could potentially help researchers monitor ocean ecosystems. Called ART, or Amphibious Robotic Turtle, it’s a shape-shifting robot with legs that can morph into flippers once introduced to water, a […]

Man Played His Saxophone While Undergoing Nine-Hour Brain Surgery

The human brain is considered by many to be the most complicated thing yet discovered in the universe — so it stands to reason that brain surgery would be one of the most complicated medical procedures. On October 10 in Italy, a patient turned that procedure into an even more impressive showcase of human capability: […]

Pilots Discover They’re Long-Lost Sisters — And Had Likely Crossed Paths Before

Tammy Holloway-Servedio, a private pilot and senior manager for United Airlines, grew up as an only child. So when her mother passed away a few months before Christmas in 2019, almost 20 years after her father’s death, she found herself feeling alone as the holidays approached. But in a miraculous twist of fate, she was […]

SCHAUMBURG, IL - APRIL 25: The George O. Walton Specimen 1913 Liberty Head Nickel is offered for auction by Heritage Auctions on April 25, 2013 in Schaumburg, Illinois. Bidding for the nickel, one of only five 1913 Liberty nickels known to exist, has already exceeded the original auction estimate of $2.5 million. The nickel is being offered for sale by the heirs of George Walton who acquired the coin in the mid-1940s for a reported $3,750. Walton was killed in a 1962 car crash with the coin in his possession. Unaware of the coin's value, one of Walton's heirs kept the coin tucked away in her closet for the next 40 years. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

“Ultra-Rare” 1913 Liberty Head Nickel Sells for Whopping $4.2M — One of Only Five in Existence

Sometimes a nickel isn’t worth just 5 cents. Last week, one from 1913 sold for a whopping $4.2 million dollars. The nickel in question, called the Walton 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, was acquired by GreatCollections auction house and boasts “one of the greatest stories to ever be told in U.S. numismatics,” per a press release. […]

Young African American woman commuting in the city, using a smart phone and texting. She is wearing casual clothes on a sunny day.

Tiny Solar Panels Embedded in Clothing Can Charge a Phone or Smartwatch

Many people don’t think about their clothing being anything more than a fashion statement, uniform, or necessity — but the clothes you put on could one day power up some popular handheld products. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have created a new type of fabric that can charge simple electronic devices via solar energy: an […]

Meet the Disabled Pakistani Woman Changing Lives With Free, Customizable Wheelchairs

Born in Punjab, Pakistan, Zahida Qureshi was paralyzed after a bout of polio as a baby. She learned how to crawl to get around as a child, but she didn’t receive her first wheelchair until she was a young adult entering university. Despite the challenges she faced, Qureshi dreamed of creating change in the world […]

Queen Victoria Was a Fan of “Textspeak” — and Scotch Whiskey, According to a New Discovery

Here’s something Queen Victoria unexpectedly had in common with many of today’s smartphone users: the propensity to shorten words. The queen was an avid diarist and kept a regular journal throughout her reign (1837-1901), so historians have ample evidence to back up this claim. But there’s been a new discovery that has provided further insight […]

This 3D-Printed Clay Humidifier Works Without Electricity: Inside the Design

From burdock burrs and Velcro to shark skin and airplane coatings, nature has inspired some of the world’s most interesting innovations. Now, an industrial designer has created a 3D-printed clay humidifier that absorbs and evaporates water without electricity, just like trees. Jiaming Liu crafted the eco-friendly Print Clay Humidifier as his master’s graduation project at […]

Crime Ledger With 500 Victorian-Era Mug Shots Saved From Landfill, Sells at Auction for $11,800

A book of Victorian mug shots is now on the third leg of its long life, though it doesn’t possess a history quite as storied as the people whose photographs plaster its 500 pages. Saved from being tossed in a dumpster four decades ago, the ledger covers criminal records from all over England during the […]