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.

  • @Lizardking27
    72•11 months ago

    All the best scientific articles use phrases like “in living hell”.

    So sciencey.

    • @Custoslibera
      14•11 months ago

      What?

      Hell is the most scientific of all locations.

      Hail science!!!

      • @HowManyNimons
        4•11 months ago

        Are they getting much science done down there? Obviously it must be helpful that all of history’s greatest scientific minds are gathered in one place – but if nobody’s serving them breakfast then maybe they’re perpetually hypoglycemic and not doing much good thinking.