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Biologist Claire Rind tests the neural responses of a locust watching the film Star Wars, revealing why the insects are so good at avoiding obstacles
An investigation into whether the gecko's renowned climbing ability can be applied as a model for robotics and nanotechnology that could be used to save lives
Investigating insect flight, and how the fly has inspired machines that could be sent into disaster zones to search for survivors
How physicist Andre Geim's 1996 experiment to make a frog levitate using magnetism inspired Nasa to explore whether a similar method could be used to help astronauts
How an amateur scientist's attempts to create a ball of lightning in his own home have led to groundbreaking experiments with plasma, and hopes of a future based on fusion power
Scientific experiments that have seen cockroaches driving electric vehicles, rat brains used to control aeroplanes and a typewriter that can be operated using only the mind
How a seal's ability to catch fish in zero visibility using its whiskers formed the basis of technology to detect leaks in oil pipes using robots
An experiment to explore a possible method of crowd dispersal and riot prevention using only the sound of people vomiting
A professor demonstrates the placebo effect by tricking his students into getting `drunk' on alcohol-free beer, and how his results could be useful to air traffic controllers
Scientists explain how the human sense of balance might be used to help make buildings safer
How research into a story about a duck's quack having no echo resulted in a discovery that had life-saving repercussions
A scientist's research into vomiting, and how it could provide a cure for space sickness and allow astronauts to travel to Mars
