Biomimetics

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Butterfly Cities and Spider Optics

October 22, 2012

Skycrapers of the future may shine in brilliant butterfly colors. Optical biosensors may be made from spider webs. These are just a few of the engineering marvels coming from biomimetics—the imitation of nature.

Amazing Facts

Animal Models for Technology

October 3, 2012

Animals and microbes continue to inspire technologies that could provide better health and security.

Amazing Facts

Nature: 3.8 Billion Years of R&D

October 2, 2012

Scientists continue mining the biomimicry bonanza, but some still give all the credit to time and evolution.

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Life Uses Quantum Mechanics

September 25, 2012

Long before man discovered quantum mechanics, birds and other living creatures were using it to good advantage.

Amazing Facts

Why Exercise Builds Muscle

September 24, 2012

You have stem cells alongside your muscles that provide a ready pool of new muscle cells.

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Horseshoes and Crab Legs: New Evolutionary Angles

September 13, 2012

If a horseshoe crab is neither horse nor crab, what is an evolutionary explanation?

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Cheetahs Prosper with Rear-Wheel Drive

September 9, 2012

Learn about how cheetahs accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds, and other wonders of the living world.

Darwin and Evolution

Whole Lotta Evolvin’ Goin’ On

September 5, 2012

Your dog learned the most effective way to shake water off: by evolution, maybe. Maybe evolution did other things, too.

Amazing Facts

Zoo Celebrates Bio-Inspiration

August 31, 2012

The San Diego Zoo has a new Centre for Bioinspiration, promoting invention based on life's solutions to practical problems.

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Adaptation by Design, Not Evolution

August 26, 2012

Evolution does little to explain amazing adaptations in animals and plants, but intelligent design is up to the task.

Amazing Facts

Ingenious Ants Can't Prevent Stupid Evolution Quotes

August 25, 2012

After praising the wisdom of the ant, a science writer reveals little of his own.

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Inventors Covet Nature's Engineering

August 16, 2012

Scientists and entrepreneurs can't get enough of the design solutions found in the living world.

Amazing Facts

More Olympic Creatures

August 1, 2012

Plants and animals continue to amaze us with their Olympic-level abilities. New observations promote some to the award stand.

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Evolution Falsely So Called

July 25, 2012

Evolutionary theory gets credited for changes that really do not help Darwin's view of a universal tree of life. Three examples show how.

Amazing Facts

Body Double: Your Body as a Template for Inventors

July 17, 2012

Your body contains a lot of things engineers would like to copy, and not just at the scale of C3P0-like humanoid robots.

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