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The albatross—master aviator of the ocean winds
Powered by ocean wind shear, the dynamic soaring of the albatross enables it to fly for thousands of miles just above the sea surface without flapping its wings.
by David Catchpoole
Pliable plants
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?
by David Catchpoole
Spiderweb stickiness secret
How spiderweb glue works: multi-functional adhesive—a ‘smart material’.
by Jonathan Sarfati
Spiders and ants inspire an unsinkable metal structure
Bug benefiting boat design
by Philip Robinson
Peacock poppycock?
Darwin’s attempt to explain how the peacock’s tail evolved is being sharply criticized—by evolutionists.
by David Catchpoole
Amazing discovery: Bird wing has ‘leading edge’ technology
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.
by David Catchpoole
Speedy sharks and golf balls
A key design feature of modern golf balls has been found on sharks, too.
by David Catchpoole
Our created ear
What does the ear’s design show about the Creator?
by Andy McIntosh
Dolphin sonar (still) far better than man’s
Dolphins use ‘double sonar beam’ to narrow down prey’s location. Algorithm used to analyse this could help design better body scanners.
by Jonathan Sarfati
In leaps and bounds
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?
by David Catchpoole
Copy challenge
Man looked to the birds, and conquered the skies. Now researchers are looking to imitate a much tinier winged creature …
by Alexander Williams
Brilliant brittlestars:
Brittlestars have one huge compound eye, made of an array of perfect microlenses, with hardly any optical distortion. Researchers didn’t dream that nature had such advanced optical technology.
by Jonathan Sarfati and David Catchpoole