Tag: Flight
Sophisticated Precision in Fruit Fly Sensory Systems
Pause before you swat. The sensory systems of fruit flies that let them discern their surroundings look as if they had been engineered.
Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin
Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance.
Sleep — Designed for Our Good
The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep.
Fossil Friday: A Popular Just-So Story on the Origin of Bird Flight Bites the Dust
There is a long-running about whether birds first took off by running and flapping from the ground up, or whether they jumped as gliders from the tree down.
Sandgrouse Takes the Royal Society to Design School
Episode guest Brian Miller talks with host Casey Luskin about the details of the ingenious design.