Animals Teach Engineers How to Manage Light
July 16, 2024
Tricks for light-gathering and sharp focus come from observing nature.
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Archive: Eye Perfection, Whale Evolution, Altruism, Diamonds, Asteroid Life
May 10, 2024
These CEH articles from May 2002, lost in a website upgrade, are posted again here for amazement or amusement.
Wonders of the Equipment in Your Head
December 1, 2018
Look at what scientists are finding you can do, or is being done automatically for you.
Year-End Biomimetics Parade
December 31, 2016
What better way to end the year than a celebration of biomimetics, where fun and useful science never ends thanks to nature's inspiring designs?
Weekend Biomimetics Parade
August 20, 2016
Here's a quick list of exciting news about how imitation of nature's designs is leading to wonderful inventions.
Plastic Proteins and Turtle Skis
April 18, 2016
Here's news about the latest technologies coming out of biomimetics, the imitation of nature's designs.
Animal Engineers Teach Physics Profs a Thing or Three
November 19, 2015
Three animals never went to the university, but they leave human PhDs struggling to catch up to their know-how.
The Spider, the Fly and the Octopus: Invertebrate Designs
May 21, 2015
Small animals without backbones are cleverly designed, leaving evolutionists scratching their heads.
Animal PhDs in Physics
March 3, 2015
Many animals and plants have mastered physics and chemistry. Engineers would do well to learn from them.
Animals Overcome Limitations of Physics
October 16, 2014
The limits of human engineering have been overcome by animals in surprising ways worth imitating.
Mantis Shrimp Baffles Evolutionists
July 6, 2014
Stomatopods, popularly known as mantis shrimp, possess several unique abilities that defy evolution.
Are Starfish Eyes Missing Links?
July 5, 2013
Starfish are found to have "primitive" image-forming eyes on the tips of their arms. Do these represent links between simple and complex eyes? Some reporters seem to think so.
Living Design Inspires Design
June 24, 2013
Engineers continue to look to the living world for solutions to practical problems. One of them is as close as your skin.