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Fly, an insect portrayed by the utilization of just one sets of wings for flight and the decrease of the second pair of wings to handles (called halteres) utilized for balance. The term fly is regularly utilized for practically any little flying bug.
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MAR 27, 2015Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 24, 2015Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Videos
The current flying car prototype AeroMobil 3.0 incorporates significant improvements and upgrades. It is now being teste ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be du ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Four identical satellites which will study the interactions between solar winds and the Earth's magnetic fields blasted ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopFEB 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 19, 2015Technology
It began with the Apollo 11 Lunar module, signaling the historic first manned landing on the moon. In subsequent Apollo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 10, 2015Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 25, 2014Plants & Animals
Around the world, reindeer numbers are dwindling and scientists fear the species could be in danger. While tales of flyi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 05, 2014Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
There have been five "mass extinctions" on Earth. These are periods when extremely large numbers of species go extinct. ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 14, 2014Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t ...
MAR 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 24, 2015
Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Videos
The current flying car prototype AeroMobil 3.0 incorporates significant improvements and upgrades. It is now being teste
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be du
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Four identical satellites which will study the interactions between solar winds and the Earth's magnetic fields blasted
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
FEB 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...
It's not the biggest bl ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 19, 2015
Technology
It began with the Apollo 11 Lunar module, signaling the historic first manned landing on the moon. In subsequent Apollo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 25, 2014
Plants & Animals
Around the world, reindeer numbers are dwindling and scientists fear the species could be in danger. While tales of flyi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 22, 2014
Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 25, 2014
Earth & The Environment
There have been five "mass extinctions" on Earth. These are periods when extremely large numbers of species go extinct.
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 14, 2014
Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t
...