Hmm, no snacks here. But that's OK--this roach is looking for company, not food. And as it turns out, cockroaches may be more inclined to follow the crowd than to follow other entomological instincts.
Research published in Friday's edition of the journal Science used matchbox-size robots to put roaches to the test. Everyone who's ever stayed in a cheap hotel knows that the brown bugs scurry for the shelter of darkness when confronted with a bright light; could other roaches persuade them to adopt a riskier behavior?
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