This is the secret behind insects like water striders, many of which can move across water with ease. Water striders have ...

Evidence of water's surface tension can be seen where the water strider's legs dent but do not break through the water's surface. The attraction of polar water molecules to each other helps create ...

The legs of water striders also have a hierarchical texture, being covered with tiny, oriented hairs with nano-grooved surfaces 4. The consequences of such micro-roughness have been long studied.

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An imposing man weighing 270 pounds, Strider was the sheriff of Tallahatchie County and a wealthy plantation owner in the heart of the cotton-growing Delta. His property could be identified from ...

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By the end of this book, however, Coryate faces up to reality ... distant pang of disappointment for this adventurer. The Long Strider contains chapters that frequently switch back from 1615 ...

Please verify your email address. The Factory Strider is a hulking Automaton that walks on all fours akin to the famous AT-AT of Star Wars fame. These massive mechanical beasts are, perhaps ...