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The science of hummingbirds

I don’t think I’ve seen anything as beautiful and fascinating on the web this year. Hummingbirds, recorded in super slow-motion and visually explained. How their wings work, their brain, their tongue. Make sure to watch the short making-of video, too.

From Weekly Filet #239, in July 2017.

Fireflies

A fascinating interactive explainer on how fireflies synchonise their flashing to create one big lightshow. (Once you know it, it seems fairly obvious, but it had remained a mystery for nearly a century).

From Weekly Filet #234, in June 2017.

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