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Tag: gravity

Posted inSustainability

A rush of blood to the head: How do grasshoppers deal with being upside down?

by Adnan Alam Jan 23, 2020Jan 23, 2020

PHOENIX – Insects spend a lot of time upside-down and sideways, but scientists know surprisingly little about how they react to the pull of gravity in these awkward positions. Now, a study in the journal PNAS sheds new light on the topic. An insect’s open circulatory system, which sloshes fluid known as hemolymph around the […]

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