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Scientists combine evolution, physics, and robotics to decode insect flight

Image of a hummingbird-like moth sipping nectar from a flower.

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future. However, decoding insect flight is not as easy as it sounds.

Winged insects have been around for nearly 400 million years, and the evolution of flight in different insect species influences things like how insects flap their wings, what makes some insects highly maneuverable, and how their flight muscles work. A new study has used a mix of evolutionary analysis and robotic model wings to better understand how different flight modes operate.

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Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal

The megadeal could strengthen Microsoft's standing in the video game industry, after a year and a half of negotiations with regulators around the world.

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Spider-Man 2 on the PS5 has twice the spider-men, twice the emo fun

A screenshot from the video game Spider-Man 2.

The sequel doesn't change a lot, but it adds some welcome variety to the web-slinging open-world series.

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Australia fined X ~$384K and warned Google after the companies did not give enough info on their efforts to fight CSAM, despite a law requiring such disclosures

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