Stories by David L. Hu

David L. Hu is associate professor of mechanical engineering and biology and adjunct professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology and the author of How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future (Princeton, 2018).

What's the Use of a Horse's Tail?

Biologists think it’s to keep insects away—but it took a couple of mechanical engineers to prove it

Most scientists would see a dead deer on the roadside and drive on, not bring it home to butcher for dinner

Three of my projects appeared last week on a senator's list of questionable research. Allow me to explain...