Your eyelashes' special curve

Human eyelashes are good for more than just catching dust and looking pretty: As researchers report in Science Advances, they also actively fling water droplets away from the #eyes, helping to keep vision clear when we swim, sweat, and cry (or shower)

A new way to snoop on insect swoops and swirls

Read the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adm7689 0:00 Current approaches to capturing insect flight 1:14 How the new tracking system works 2:42 Recording locusts and bees in the field 3:40 Mounting the tracking system onto a drone 4:58 Insects to observe in the future Other research featured in the video: Dragonfly loop-the-loops: https://www.science.org/content/article/absolutely-insane-dragonfly-s-extreme-loop-loops...

How lizards balance keeping their tails on and peeling them off

To get out of sticky situations, some lizards detach their tails from their bodies and scurry away. Scientists have long wondered how the bones and muscles in these tails—which help with balance and movement—can sever with ease when needed, but stay firmly in place when not.