Cyborg cockroaches sound like something ripped straight from a video game. But scientists have managed to wire a chip to the nervous systems of a Madagascar cockroach allowing them to tell it where to ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

The latest robo-roach advance utilizes a flexible solar cell to power a circuit that plugs right into the insect's nervous system. Press a button, and the roach does as commanded. What could go wrong?