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

Podcast: Chemistry For Your Life
Published: Mar 12, 2026
Duration seconds: 2400
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Summary

Birds fly all the time. We see it constantly. But how does it actually work? Is it just "Bernoulli’s" principle? Is the air pushing up? Are the wings pushing down? And what’s happening at the molecular level when a bird takes off? Let’s talk about feathers, airflow, collisions between air molecules, and why the way flight is usually explained might not actually be the whole story.