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How Many Trees Are There?
S4 E78 / 4m 15s
It may be an impossible questions, but we can at least get close.
Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.
Video description: Imagine the scale of raindrops if you were the size of a small bird. Or mosquito. Flying through a drizzle should be deadly! Like flying through falling cars and boulders. And yet it’s not, because nature has given them a superpower—superhydrophobic surfaces that repel water and keep them airborne. How do these microscopic structures work? And how has modern engineering been inspired by them?