Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00642-5

Nature, Published online: 10 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00642-5

A suggestion that mutant insects could detect narcotics or explosive substances, and how ash seeds feature a screw propeller, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

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I don't understand why countries aren't using rats more:

they're excellent at sniffing-out land-mines ( was it somewhere in Africa where someone was using a rat to help them get rid of mines? The animal did WELL! )

they have massively-longer lifespan than flies,

they make good friends, from the people who have them as pets..

& they are much more agile/precise than dogs ( they even have hands ).

We could use their help in de-mining Ukraine, the Congo, Sudan, etc!

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I hope ICE isn’t going to use them to sniff out weed convictions