If this shark swam up beside you in the sea, flipping its tail back and forth as it sliced through…
Biomimicry
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Mother nature has perfected the biomechanics of everything from tiny leaf cells to whale fins over millennia, adapting their functions…
The biomechanics of a gecko’s toes have made it possible for researchers to create an incredibly sticky adhesive that’s strong…
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The world’s first self-assembling robot flash mob took place at Harvard University, with 1,024 tiny robots coming together into a…
If you saw this little guy in the wild, you'd probably recoil in terror, thinking you're looking at the menacing…
Blending in with the forest, these sculptural homes have an incredibly light footprint on the earth and stand above the…
We find flowers so beautiful that we make them a part of nearly every celebration, using them as expressions of…
The same mechanism that enables a dragonfly to remain stable in flight is being used to develop new wind turbines…
A stunning greenhouse complex shimmers on the hillside in Xi’an, China, with a faceted glass shell inspired by crystal formations.…
Robotic creatures running amok in human society can incite mental images of a dystopian society, where some hummingbirds are actually…