Biomimicry, the practice of learning from and mimicking nature to solve human design challenges, became a recognized science in the late 20th century, but studying and imitating the natural world has ...

We live in the Anthropocene, a time that privileges the human experience above all else. The planet is continually harmed and exploited, making people seemingly oblivious to the human interactions ...

How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

Architects learn from nature and develop ways to design and build homes, schools, and other constructions. It’s called biomimicry. Take a tour with Boise architect Andy Erstad and see biomimicry in ...

LATE 1990S, IS ACTUALLY A SIMPLE CONCEPT. IT’S IMITATING NATURE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OR INVENTING SOMETHING, USING NATURE AS INSPIRATION. NATURE IS THE PATHWAY TO SCIENCE AND INVENTION. HERE AT THE ...

In this first post of a series on how businesses can move beyond sustainable to regenerative, B3.8 and Interface outline an accessible, 4-step framework that is flexible enough for any organization to ...

"It all started with a Beetle." This could be the beginning of a story about someone who went on to become a "car nut" engineer or somebody who went on to become an entomologist. In Rich Altherr's ...

Concrete support node with carbon fiber-reinforced plastic hull. Photo Credit: Larissa Born, University of Stuttgart (ITFT), Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies An interdisciplinary research ...