The newly redesigned Scientific American seems to have more short articles of general interest - good for readers like me, I suppose. In one we learn that scientists have discovered that squid can fly - as much as 10m, propelled by jet-like streams of expelled water. Someone's finally caught it in pictures, which expert eyes even think confirm that "mollust aeronautics" involves using fins for navigation!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Spineless wonders
The newly redesigned Scientific American seems to have more short articles of general interest - good for readers like me, I suppose. In one we learn that scientists have discovered that squid can fly - as much as 10m, propelled by jet-like streams of expelled water. Someone's finally caught it in pictures, which expert eyes even think confirm that "mollust aeronautics" involves using fins for navigation!