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Megaphragma is like
a tiny ping-pong ball, with little momentum
for its surface area, so, to it, the air
feels more like a liquid and it's evolved its unusually
shaped wings to swim through it
a tiny ping-pong ball, with little momentum
for its surface area, so, to it, the air
feels more like a liquid and it's evolved its unusually
shaped wings to swim through it
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Megaphragma is like
a tiny ping-pong ball,
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with little momentum
for its surface area,
00:00:08.004 --> 00:00:13.319
so, to it, the air
feels more like a liquid
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and it's evolved its unusually
shaped wings to swim through it.
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In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.
