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Evolutionists Taking Credit for Biomimetics

July 1, 2012

Biomimetics is all about design – intelligent design, mimicking the superb designs found in nature. Why, then, are some scientists claiming evolutionary theory is where the biomimetic beef is?

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Thank Your Cilia

June 28, 2012

Throughout your body, cilia (protrusions on cells, singular cilium) are monitoring the environment and sweeping your passages clean.

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Wonders Inside You

June 25, 2012

Do you have any idea how many emergencies are resolved inside your body every day without your conscious knowledge or control? Here are just 3 examples.

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Why Your Inner Ear Has a Spiral Shape

June 21, 2012

The cochlea in the inner ear, where sound is transmitted to the brain, has a spiral shape resembling a snail shell. It's not just to save space, researchers have found.

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Pitcher Plant Inspires R&D Award

June 21, 2012

The R&D 100 award, previously given for inventions like the fax machine and automated teller machine, has been given this year for a biologically-inspired design that could revolutionize society in many ways.

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Animal Olympians Inspire Engineers

June 13, 2012

Here are more stories about animals, plants and cells attracting scientists with their astonishing capabilities, proving that biomimetics is one of the hottest trends in science.

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Venus Transit Recalls Adventures of Yore

June 5, 2012

Today's transit of Venus, in which our sister planet appears to cross the disk of the sun, will be the last till 2117. As observatories and millions of people watch the rare planetary alignment, few may know the stories of astronomers who predicted them and explorers who risked life and limb to observe them.

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The Wonder and Blunder in Your Skull

May 29, 2012

Even when it goes awry, the brain wins an award of cosmic proportions, according to a veteran psychiatrist.

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Bacteria as a Vast Unexplored Medicine Chest

May 28, 2012

Most of our therapeutic agents have been derived from bacteria. A new survey shows we have barely tapped the surface of potential medicines beneath our feet.

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Ready, Aim, Flower

May 26, 2012

How does a plant know the time to flower? A new study describes a process involving genes, sunlight sensors, switches, clocks, feedback loops and messages.

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Follow the Leader: Plants and Animals

May 7, 2012

Need solutions to engineering problems? Look no further than the plants and animals around you. That's what more and more scientists are doing.

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Stem Cells Getting Healthier

May 6, 2012

Over the past decade, stem cells have been a hot news item. Here are some late breaking news stories about them.

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Animals Have Biological GPS

April 30, 2012

Global Positioning System (GPS): that's a function. Maintaining a suite of satellites is one method for achieving the function. But there are other ways to figure out where in the world you are, and two very different animals show the way – naturally – using Earth's global magnetic field.

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Why You Are Waterproof

April 29, 2012

Can you imagine inflating like a water balloon every time you jumped in a swimming pool? Or what if water leaked out of your skin every time you drank a glass of water? Your skin forms an impermeable barrier to water, a new study found, because of a unique way certain molecules are arranged.

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From Wonders of Nature to Wonders of Technology

April 22, 2012

Living things have solved physics problems like design engineers. Inventors are just now catching on to their tricks in ways that could improve our technology, weaning us off our crude, polluting past and ushering in advanced technology that is not only greener but more effective. The latest stars are two insects and a bacterium.

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