Design features

Researchers discover pea seedling roots grow towards the sound of gurgling water.

Ingenious depth perception of jumping spider eyes has inspired designers of micro-robot eyes.

Creationists are often accused of bad science or worse but a multiple award-winning, world-class engineer keeps putting the lie to these claims.

Our incredible facial expressivity—able to represent 21 distinct emotions—would appear to be overdesigned.

Solar cell modelled on butterfly wing absorbs twice as much sunlight

Eggshell nanostructure shows purposeful construction

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.

Nobody saw her “billions of years of research and development”, yet ‘she’ is credited with nature’s marvels of engineering.

When the peacock vibrates its colourful fan of tail feathers, the ‘eyespots’ behave differently from the rest of the feathery background, leaving the peahen mesmerized.

Great encouragement from attendees at homeschool conference, yet we also experienced concerns due to false teaching about creation

The Dsup protein protects tardigrade DNA from radiation harm.

The incredible basilisk has an amazing ability that allows it to skim across the water.

A chemical reaction allows a tiny creature to stand out in the dark.

A tiny, amazing, colourful arachnid ‘struts’ around like the bird after which it is named.

Water dwellers have intricate design features that can be mimicked to help build better protective gear.

Water striders are strides ahead of robotics engineers, and fleas have the jump on them, too