Cicadas' unique urination unlocks new understanding of fluid dynamics (phys.org)
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 14 Mar 2024 20:51
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lvxferre@mander.xyz on 14 Mar 2024 21:21 collapse

Got to say it: “understanding cicada piss is key for greener tech” is not something I’d expect.

But I digress. A cool thing about studying biological systems is that nature already spent millions of years weeding out systems that don’t work; if cicadas still jet urine instead of dropping it, they got some “trick” to do it in an energy-efficient way that we don’t know yet.