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Have you ever passed a pond or swamp and seen bugs walking on the water? Find out how they do it in this Smithsonian Lightning Lesson. Sponsored by Boeing. aviation air space national museum ...

Walking on water is not part of the normal human behavioral repertoire. But for some insects, it’s routine. Check out almost any pond or creek and you’ll see water striders, known to some as Jesus ...

Discover the amazing properties of water's surface tension as you make metal paper clips float on water. You'll learn about the forces that hold water molecules together and how insects like water ...

When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of nature's most astonishing feats take place at a scale often smaller than a ...