Monkey Math (1 of 2)
A University of Rochester study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that the ability to understand numbers is shared by man and his primate cousins.
GOES-R: The Future of Weather Forecasting
NOAA's GOES-R satellite will provide continuous weather monitoring. It will add and renew the capabilities of the other operational GOES satellites. The GOES-R satellite will add new crucial features ...
Agile Flight for a Tiny, Winged Robot (5 of 5)
A 360-degree spin-around view of the robotic fly is presented. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the 3 May 2013 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Kevin Y. Ma at ...
Agile Flight for a Tiny, Winged Robot (4 of 5)
This is a close-up view of a hovering robotic fly. Playback is at 0.25x speed. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the 3 May 2013 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by ...
Agile Flight for a Tiny, Winged Robot (3 of 5)
This video shows a robotic fly hovering for 7 seconds during a flight experiment. A US quarter is shown for scale. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the 3 May 2013 issue of Science...
A Dynamic Nectar Mop
Cally Harper of Brown University explains how the bats she studied have evolved to lap up extra nectar using blood-filled "hairs" on their tongues. She also discusses how they could inspire new ...