Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simply defined as the process of adding artificial snow to a tree, flocking is easier to accomplish than you might think. You ...

You’ve made the time-honored trip to the local Christmas tree farm or ventured to the basement to dig up the faux evergreen, and your Tannenbaum is ready for its moment in the spotlight. While you ...

When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behavior diminishes, something that may reduce the risk of falling victim to aquatic predators. This ...

Of the many curious holiday traditions—figgy pudding and wassailing counted among them—one of the oddest has to be spraying down small trees with a mixture of adhesive and cellulose fibers to satisfy ...

A murmuration of starlings. The phrase reads like something from literature or the title of an arthouse film. In fact, it is meant to describe the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes ...

Watch a flock of starlings for a few minutes and it’s easy to see its remarkable behaviour. The birds seem to move in synchrony even though they can be separated by the width of the flock itself.

At the most basic level, there are two types of flocking — mechanical and electrostatic. Electrostatic is the type used for flat surfaces like textiles. In a nutshell, here’s how it’s done: Millions ...