New research shows that the insects flying around the streetlights are in fact in a living hell that we made for bugs.

@science

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44785-3

Essentially, their tiny bug brains think the light is the sunset, so they keep turning to keep the “sun” at the same angle so they can go “straight.” No matter how far they fly, they don’t make any progress. They are trapped in this little hell we made just for them, not understanding why they can’t get to where they are going.

  • modifier
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    4 months ago

    Shout out Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue LED. Kinda broke the whole thing wide open.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Watched that video last night. That was more fascinating than it had any right to be.

      I’ve been an electronics nerd since the 70s, and somehow never noticed blue LEDs becoming a thing.