Fantastic Feathers: Form and Function

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Hours:	t 7:45 pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Learn Something

When we think of birds, we think of feathers. Feathers give birds their color, keep them warm and dry, form the aerodynamic shape of the wing and can even control sound.

The remarkable properties of feathers arise from their unusual structure at the microscopic scale.

Hear from Lorna Gibson, avid birder and MIT professor, to learn how the microstructure of feathers produces iridescence in hummingbird feathers and water repellency in duck feathers.

We’ll also see how the structure of a barn owl’s facial disc feathers and ruff focuses sound towards their ears, allowing them to hunt in total darkness, by sound alone.

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