Credit: Teague O Mara
Although scientists knew that some bats could reach heights of over 1,600 meters (or approximately one mile) above the ground during flight, they didn t understand how they managed to do it without the benefit of thermals that aren t typically available to them during their nighttime forays. Now, researchers reporting in the journal
Current Biology on February 4th have uncovered the bats secret to high-flying.
It turns out that the European free-tailed bats they studied powerful fliers that the researchers documented sometimes reaching speeds of up to 135 kilometers (84 miles) per hour in self-powered flight do depend on orographic uplift that happens when air is pushed up over rising terrain to help them fly high, just as birds do during the day. But, because that s harder to find during the cooler night, they have to rely on just the right sort of areas to reach those high altitudes.
30 Famous People You Didn t Know Were College Athletes
By Sophia Crisafulli, Stacker News
On 2/1/21 at 8:00 PM EST
The level of fame afforded to celebrities and college athletes can, at times, seem quite comparable. At schools like the University of Florida or Ohio State where sports reign supreme and tailgates are the hottest event of the semester, the young men and women whose athletic abilities have earned them a spot on the team are campus stars. This setup, of course, also comes with complications.
The lack of payment to young athletes who bring in buckets of money for their respective schools is a consistent point of contention: 65 schools of the 2,078 with athletic programs brought in $7.6 billion in college sports-related revenue in 2018, according to a March 2019 report from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, called Madness, Inc. Meanwhile, college quarterbacks are often followed by unwanted student paparazzi. For some college athletes, walking ac
On Jan. 22, Lily Gayle began her reign as the institution’s 60th Miss Southeastern Louisiana University. How did Miss SLU 2021 end up in the city of Hammond?
Gayle was originally planning to go to Louisiana State University, but her path changed after attending a preview day on Southeastern’s campus.
“I came here and I met Marjorie Parker at one of the Lion Pride Previews,” she said. “She’s the one who really changed my mind on coming here, and I absolutely fell in love with Hammond and downtown and coming here on campus. Everyone is such a family here, and I loved that.”
JR Ball: Steve Carter-a life well lived
Steve Carter a gracious man with mesmerizing blue eyes, a cherubic face, that devilish grin and a personality that could fill Tiger Stadium was a Pied Piper of living large, laughing through life in a minivan and collecting friends along the way.
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