Engineers Follow Inspiring Creatures
January 10, 2024
From tiny to mighty, living cells, animals and plants inspire human technology.
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Robot Design Cheered for Being Like a Seed
February 20, 2023
It's clever, and may help farmers, but common Erodium plants do it naturally all the time.
Plants as Engineering Plants
June 20, 2022
With intentional double entendre, we look at marvelous plants that show how to get design work done.
Brain Facts Challenge Materialism
April 18, 2022
These would not happen if the brain were mere atoms in motion.
Animals Display Mastery of Physics
March 31, 2022
From tiny to large, animals know how to use the laws of physics to their advantage.
Mammals With Inspiring Snouts
January 22, 2022
Mammal species with remarkable noses give scientists an education and inspiration.
Watching Butterfly Designs Assemble
November 24, 2021
A press release from MIT shows that great biological science can be done without mentioning evolution.
Un-crushable Beetle Surprises Scientists
October 27, 2020
A beetle that lives under tree bark can withstand crushing forces 39,000 times its body weight. It’s called the “diabolical ironclad beetle” and scientists are intrigued. Live Science tells about its lifestyle. Ironclad beetles (Phloeodes diabolicus) measure about 0.6 to 1 inch (15 to 25 millimeters) in length, and are found in woodland habitats in […]
Tiny Fly Beats Robots
September 3, 2020
Fruit flies dart, circle, zig and zag rapidly. Researchers gain some insight into how they do it so efficiently.
Small Animals Strut Their Stuff
March 14, 2020
Bioengineers struggle to keep up with the designs in nature. For Pi Day, here are some amazing designs in small animals.
Smart Devices
March 6, 2020
Nature had smart devices long before humans thought of making them. Here are a few that engineers envy.
Good Science Bears Good Fruit
January 29, 2020
Science may not understand reality, but individual scientists know what can benefit other people.
Mammals With Super Senses
June 5, 2019
These mammals are very different from each other except in how they put human technology to shame.
The Best Science Imitates Nature
March 4, 2019
Biomimetics has everything science desires: inspiration, motivation, understanding, and application.
More Good Science from Nature
December 4, 2018
The natural world contains endless examples of intelligent design that can inspire scientists with wonder and inspiration.