The fine nanorod structure of the mantis shrimp eyes allow it to rotate the polarization across the spectrum. This could help DVD players to process much more information.

The tiny fruit of a plant lands a big blow against evolution.

Tropical bats use living leaves to make roosts for their young—but how can the leaves remain healthy when much of their water supply has been cut off?

How spiderweb glue works: multi-functional adhesive—a ‘smart material’.

Darwin’s attempt to explain how the peacock’s tail evolved is being sharply criticized—by evolutionists.

Bug benefiting boat design

What does the ear’s design show about the Creator?

Dolphins use ‘double sonar beam’ to narrow down prey’s location. Algorithm used to analyse this could help design better body scanners.

A key design feature of modern golf balls has been found on sharks, too.

Jumbo jets have certain design features enabling safe take-off and landing at slower airspeeds than in mid-flight. It turns out that one of those design features—previously unknown in birds—eagles use brilliantly.

How is it that frogs can jump up to 20 times their own body length, while a froghopper’s leap is equivalent to a human jumping over a 210 metre (700 ft) skyscraper?

Man looked to the birds, and conquered the skies. Now researchers are looking to imitate a much tinier winged creature …