and shrink until we can no longer see them. Ripples often spread out in circles, but this isn’t the only possibility. If you throw a stick into the water it will create straight ripples on the ...

But the pulsating sac also creates a third signal component — ripples on the surface of the water (see video). Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Salted icicles not only had ripples, but they also were covered in a thin, blue film. Icicles made from pure water had no such film. Only small droplets of blue appeared on those icicles ...

So instead, the insects reach the water’s edge by becoming tiny surfers. A close examination of how bees swim, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows they use their ...