Tag: New Scientist
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.
Give Up Pets to Save the Planet!
Cats are, we are told sternly, an unsustainable “environmental vice that we must confront”!
How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design
Biologists have wondered how the patterns on butterfly wings change.
Small Wonders: Design in Tiny Creatures
Miniature designs often require more foresight and delicate engineering than large designs. Examples are abundant in the living world.