What are pollinators?

Rowers are known to employ all manner of trickery to attract pollinators, from taking the shape of an insect mate to emitting wafts of rotting flesh. A South African flower lures in its main pollinators, Desmometopa flies, with the scent of a fresh meal. The flower produces a cocktail of chemicals that mimics those released by a wounded honey bee, drawing flies into a pollen-coated chamber.

Despite the unprecedented speed of scientific development in the 21st century, many biomedical devices still used by doctors are based on technologies from the 1980s. For example, when a patient comes in with a brain injury, one key concern for surgeons is tracking and managing pressure inside the skull.