I love taking selfies with my insect friends. They’re so tiny and look so different from me. But my friend Rich Zack told me that insects and humans have lots in common. He’s an insect scientist at ...

WE describe here a technique—using a laser—for measuring the contractile excursions of the insect heart after the insect (in this case Sarcophaga bullata) has been immobilized in wax, and sections of ...