Water striders are a common sight on ponds, vernal pools and puddles. During clear summer days, these insects seem to walk on water, a feat they accomplish through a combination of long legs that ...
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These bugs don’t just walk on water—they row and skate across it
When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of ...
To figure out exactly how insects called water striders walk on water, researchers at MIT (where else?) have created a robotic insect called the Robostrider. Read Get the best tech, science, and ...
Carnegie Mellon’s NanoRobotics Lab has created a robot prototype so lightweight that it doesn’t break the surface tension of water, enabling it to stand and manuever on top of it. Stand on the water, ...
Discover the amazing properties of water's surface tension as you make metal paper clips float on water. You'll learn about the forces that hold water molecules together and how insects like water ...
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