Science News for Kids » Nathan Burkett-Cadena http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Skeeters ride the rain http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/mosquitoes-survive-collisions-with-raindrops-by-going-with-the-flow/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/mosquitoes-survive-collisions-with-raindrops-by-going-with-the-flow/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:03:36 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13090 To a mosquito, being struck by a raindrop is like a midair collision with a bus. But scientists recently discovered that skeeters fare well when they hitch a ride on the raindrop. Credit: Courtesy Tim Nowack, Andrew Dickerson and David Hu/Georgia Tech

Mosquitoes survive collisions with raindrops by going with the flow]]> To a mosquito, being struck by a raindrop is like a midair collision with a bus. But scientists recently discovered that skeeters fare well when they hitch a ride on the raindrop. Credit: Courtesy Tim Nowack, Andrew Dickerson and David Hu/Georgia Tech

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