Bionic City
By Melissa Sterry | Biomimetics, Biotechnology & Biology for the Built Environment
The Artist Using an Algorithm to Generate Rose Petals
Nature, data and artificial intelligence combine to powerful effect in Sarah Meyohas‘ new exhibition – a exercise in the artificiality of beauty as …
FlowersBritish birds evolve bigger beaks to use garden feeders
Researchers say UK’s enthusiasm for bird feeders compared with mainland Europe responsible for increase in beak length<p>The reason some birds in Britain have evolved bigger beaks over the past 40 years may be down to the country’s enthusiasm for feeding them in their gardens, researchers have …
Charles Darwin‘If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water’
Taken with NightCap Pro. Light Trails mode, 8.93 second exposure.<p>Taken with NightCap Pro. Light Trails mode, 145.03 second exposure.<p>Taken with …
Digital PhotographyArt and Biology Meet at Nonhuman Networks Exhibition in Berlin
<b>The exhibition Nonhuman Networks at Art Laboratory Berlin invites us to connect with other organisms and rethink our relationship with the</b> …
BiologyWatch this butterfly-inspired robot undergo mechanical metamorphosis
When you picture futuristic robots you probably imagine a machine that behaves like Optimus Prime — nimbly transforming itself into different shapes and combinations at will.<p>It remains a distant fantasy, but researchers at MIT say a new model for adaptive machines is beginning to emerge, one …
RoboticsSand becomes "increasingly scarce and expensive", threatening glassmaking and construction
A symposium taking place at Dutch Design Week later this month will discuss the rapid depletion of the world's sand reserves, which could leave …
BeachesFoster + Partners provides support for interdisciplinary research into the structure of bones | Foster + Partners
As part of the practice’s aim to strengthen connections between industry and academia, Foster + Partners has been working with Alessandro Felder, PhD …
ResearchLiveCycles IAAC's Installation at the 4th Tallinn Architecture Biennale
Curated by IAAC MAA Faculty <b>Claudia Pasquero</b>, the <b>2017 Tallinn Biennale bioTallinn</b> aims to challenge typical assumptions of what constitutes the …
Baltic SeaMigration, Interrupted
bioGraphic<p>Encroaching development is putting pronghorns at risk, but new conservation strategies are giving these record-setting runners a leg …
BiographiesWave Form
[Image: San Andreas Fault mechanics in Parkfield, California, visualized by Ricky Vega].With the San Andreas Fault on the brain, I’ve been thinking a …
San Andreas FaultV&A · Friday Late
The original contemporary late night event. Friday Late celebrates all aspects of contemporary visual culture and design in society, bringing …
UK Universities'Sooty birds' reveal hidden US air pollution
<b>Soot trapped in the feathers of songbirds over the past 100 years is causing scientists to revise their records of air pollution.</b><p>US researchers measured the black carbon found on 1,300 larks, woodpeckers and sparrows over the past century.<p>They've produced the most complete picture to date of …
Climate ChangeIn a First, Archival-Quality Performances Are Preserved in DNA
If civilization stopped right now, in a thousand years all the magnetic tape, compact discs and hard drives humanity stores its digital media on …
DNAGROW: A Lamp YOU Grow from Mushroom Mycelium by Ecovative & Danielle Trofe Design
Inspired by nature, designed in Brooklyn, GROWN by you!
Scientists create 'brain-like' photonic computer microchips — Mathematical Physical and Life Sciences Division
The research team has made the pioneering breakthrough of the development of photonic computer chips that imitate the way the brain's synapses …
Quantum MechanicsSome birds use discarded cigarettes to fumigate their nests
NESTS are made from things birds find in the environment. For those that live far from human dwellings, twigs and leaves predominate. For those that …
EconomicsMicroscopic world even bigger than previously thought
8,000 new species<p>In the past, microbes were discovered mainly by culturing them in a laboratory. Microbes are difficult to culture in artificial …
BiologyAnthology: the journeys of Wasps in the anthropocene
Nest visualised with UV, revealing the fluorescent optical brightner<p>Nest in daylight<p>Nest observed under UV, revealing the fluorescent optical …
UltraVioletCoastal Cities Need to Love Their Wetlands
New research shows that these natural fixtures can significantly reduce damage from storm surges.<p>A 12-year “hurricane drought” during which no major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic ended dramatically in 2017. The devastating impacts of Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria across the United States and …
EcologySlow life
Corals and sponges, the undersea lifeforms that make up much of coral reefs, appear still and impassive to the naked eye, unless caught in a current …
Animalsant-studio develops terracotta ‘beehive’, an energy-efficient alternative to air conditioning
the installation employs the technique of evaporative cooling (tracing back to the egyptian period), to provide a low energy and effective …
InventionsAfter the Tsunami, Japan’s Sea Creatures Crossed an Ocean
TOKYO — The towering tsunami that devastated Japan six years ago also unleashed a very different sort of threat onto the distant coastline of North America: a massive invasion of marine life from across the Pacific Ocean.<p>Hundreds of species from the coastal waters of Japan — mostly invertebrates …
Oceans