Tag: butterfly wings
Applied Intelligent Design: Engineers Know Engineering When They See It
The adhesive properties of gecko toe pads, based on atomic van der Waals attraction, have been understood for years now.
Here’s How to Tell if Scientists Are Exaggerating
Here’s the simple test to tell if scientists are exaggerating wildly. Let’s call it: “The Principle of Comparative Difficulty.”
From Conception to Birth: The Math and the Marvel
Mathematician and medical image maker Alexander Tsiaras offers a stunning visualization.
Better Electronics with Butterfly Technology
The new design mimics two advantages of butterfly wings: optical enhancement and water resistance.
Divining Darwin in Butterfly Genes
A team of scientists carefully examined genomes of a butterfly and a silkworm. What they found was interesting, but dubious as an example of evolutionary ancestry.
