The movie Snakes on a Plane had it wrong. That’s not how snakes fly. Certain species of tree snakes can glide through the air, undulating their bodies as they soar from tree to tree. That wriggling ...

For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air?Chrysopelea paradisi — the paradise tree snake — does just that, propelling ...

Simulated (left) and experimental UV-light-induced wave-making by a secured polymer ribbon. Under a constant blast of ultraviolet light, a new polymer ribbon undulates with a continuous mechanical ...

“Most people are familiar with phase transitions like between ice and water, and water and steam,” Outram told Digital Trends. “In some materials, which are common in biological systems, there exist ...