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The Odd Plan Scientists Have to Prevent Birds From Exploding Mid-Flight

You too might one day be frightened at the sight of a wind turbine after thinking it’s the biggest coral snake you’ve ever seen.

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Wind turbines play an important dual role in humanity’s present and future. One, they are a symbol of our continued effort to save the planet through simple yet innovative green energy breakthroughs. Two, they act as giant mid-air food processors that pulverize the dastardly creatures we call birds.

In an effort to clean up that one pesky downside of wind turbines, converting birds from a state of solid matter to a fine red mist, one research team, which published its findings in Behavioral Ecology, detailed by Popular Science, is trying to do something about it by making wind turbine blades look like an animal birds naturally try to avoid.

Researchers from the University of Helsinki and the University of Exeter tested whether birds would avoid wind turbines painted with patterns inspired by........

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