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A smelly creature leaves the senses reeling, but is another example of the Creator’s genius.
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Scallop’s amazing mirror eyes
Shellfish has tiny eyes structured like some advanced reflecting telescopes, but make two images.
Squid do fly!
The old seafarers’ tales should not have been dismissed. Many species of squid can, and do, fly.
How geckos become unstuck
Geckos stick to surfaces with tiny hairs that attract by van der Waals forces, and come unstuck by controlling angle of the hairs and springy curved toes.
Bunchberry bang!
High-speed video cameras have catapulted the bunchberry dogwood plant into the spotlight—and the record books.
“Microstructural architecture” of feathers makes them tough
Electron microscope unlocks the amazing design of the structures that makes avian flight possible.
An eggcellent design
Eggshell nanostructure shows purposeful construction
Marvellous moth motif
An amazing portrait of a mammal’s face—on the wings of a moth—defies Darwinian explanations in its sheer detail.
Mirror spider “like a disco ball”
God’s amazing creation is full of never-ending surprises
The Octopus
“Said to have ‘alien biology’, and are ‘too brainy’ for their age!”.
Fine tuning of ‘backward’ eye is vital for colour vision
Our 'backwardly-wired’ retina is an ideal structure to optimize colour vision.
Black butterfly wings inspire solar cell design
Solar cell modelled on butterfly wing absorbs twice as much sunlight