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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: wings

wings stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - Cyborg bugs may sound like creatures in a Michael Bay movie, but they could save your life, New Scientist reports. The Pentagon is trying to implant electrodes in crickets and cicadas—which communicate via wingbeats—and program them to “speak” differently around certain chemicals. “The insect itself might... More »

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technology • Pentagon • cicadas • chemicals • communication • insects • electrodes • crickets • wings

Dinos Evolved Wings
to Lure Opposite Sex

Feathered displays may have been about finding mates, not climbing trees

Apr 5, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Among paleontologists, one of the big battles has long been over why dinosaurs originally evolved wings: Did they start gliding down from trees, or need extra propulsion when running? According to a new study, the first wings were all about impressing the ladies—it was sexual selection that let bigger-winged... More »

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evolution • paleontology • dinosaur • natural selection • wings

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