Inventor Rob Yonover got his start studying volcanoes. Nature has mechanisms, materials, and designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered, stain-proof-and even sticky and sexy. So ...

The issue of sustainability, and the idea that economic growth and development might destroy its own foundations, is one of the defining political problems of our era. This study traces the emergence ...

Part I. Departure : emerging ideas. Beginnings ; Imagination and nature : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Humboldt ; In search of a destination -- Part II. Arrival : collecting ideas. South America ; ...

Nature has always been the greatest teacher, offering timeless solutions to complex problems. Across history, scientists, engineers, and designers have looked to the natural world for inspiration—an ...