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This Bug’s Wings Are Secretly Huge

Watch this insect’s wings unfold to be TEN TIMES their folded size!
How do they do it? Turns out, the secret isn’t muscles….it’s a stretchy protein that dictates the folding pattern, kind of like origami!
We’ve taken inspiration from nature to help us engineer telescopes and solar panels, making it easier to launch things into space or build emergency shelters here on earth
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Cleo Abram

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