such as a bee, generates enough lift to fly. Dickinson and his colleagues filmed hovering bees at 6000 frames per second, and plotted the unusual pattern of wing beats. The wing sweeps back in a ...

The Bee, The Fly and The Wasp. No they're not a new set of spandex-wearing superheroes, but according to Prince Harry they wield incredible power and each considered themselves to be 'The One True ...

jointed legs much like those of the crane fly. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the RoboBee, it's a bee-inspired robot that flies by flapping a tiny pair of artificial-muscle-equipped wings.

Whether from a friend or even from Bee Movie, you may have heard of the idea that bees shouldn't be able to fly according to the laws of physics. "According to all known laws of aviation ...

Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields of wildflowers, helping real bees carry out their crucial pollinating duties decades in the future. It’s a vision that Harvard’s Microrobotics ...

Understanding the physics governing how bees navigate water opens up a new way to look at designing devices that fly and swim ... waves that in turn propel the bee forward — albeit very slowly. The ...

Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators or prey is on a par with that of John Travolta in Face/Off and Arya Stark ...