The Weird Science That Lets Insects Fly in the Rain

↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Imagine the scale of raindrops if you were the size of a small bird. Or mosquito. Flying through a drizzle should be deadly! Like flying through falling cars and boulders. And yet it’s not, because nature has given them a superpower—superhydrophobic surfaces that...

12 min - Nature & Wildlife - Be Smart

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