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Topic: airflow

Podcast episode
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In Aerodynamics and Biology

Podcast episode · Aerodynamics

How do birds fly? And how is chemistry involved?!

Chemistry For Your Life

Mar 12, 2026

Melissa and Jam examine bird flight at the scale of air molecules. The discussion considers lift, momentum transfer, wing shape, angle and flapping, explains the limits of common Bernoulli-based accounts, and relates airflow to the molecular motion underlying the macroscopic behaviour of gases.