Tag: New Scientist
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.
Fruitful Science: The Marvel of a Seed
If engineers could make something like a seed, it would be absolutely phenomenal. Then, imagine getting the object to last for thousands of years and still work.
Important Medical Effects but Modest Mutations
It’s important to remember that Darwinian factors are indeed real and can have important medical effects, but they only modify life around the edges.
DNA of Things: Embedding Machines with Replication Data
In 1901, divers brought up from an ancient shipwreck the first part of the Antikythera mechanism made by Greek inventors.
Brainwashed — For Your Own Good
An insidious kind of brainwashing goes on without your awareness, day and night. And you couldn’t live without it.