Gecko Feet and Adhesives
Scientists are adapting the gecko's 'sticky feet' to create bonding materials for sporting equipment and robots.
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Nature
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Flowers and Solar Panels
MIT students use the concept of phototropism to design a sun-tracking solar panel that requires no motor or electronic control system.
Termites and Climate Control
An African skyscraper built in 2007 features a unique climate-control system inspired by the gigantic termite mounds found in the Zimbabwean bush.
Five Products From a Famous Multinational — Nature
A growing number of scientists, ecologists and entrepreneurs have begun to incorporate 'biomimicry' across a vast spectrum of enterprises.
Immersion In Nature Makes Us Nicer
New research finds those who feel a strong connection to the natural world have a more caring attitude toward others.
For Good Health: Take a Hike!
Although it's no surprise that any activity is better than none, hiking has specific medicinal benefits.
Honorable Ambassador From Nature-Land
Park professionals are searching for ways to reintroduce Americans to the great outdoors.
The Ticking Compass Inside a Butterfly
Humankind can learn a lot from the power of circadian clocks and sunlight observation that are child's play to monarch butterflies.
Butterfly Diplomacy: An Immigration Policy for Monarchs
North America's monarch 'is one of the largest of our butterflies and rules a vast domain.' But it's in trouble on both ends of its massive migration.
Climate Change Leaves Wildflowers in the Cold
In the wildflower meadows of the West, we may be hearing the whisperings of a post-climate-change world.