Nature Inspires Ideas
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Inventions, Breakthroughs, and Progress
Scaling Innovations to Serve Many
Picture this: You’re walking through a magical forest. Flowers of every imaginable color twist in intricate and whimsical patterns all around you. To your left you see the giant head of a woman made entirely of flowers, her hair spiraling in intricate weaves of pink. To your right, you see bears, giraffes, elephants, and all […]
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It’s not uncommon for people to consider art and science as opposites. While they are different in many ways, they are not mutually exclusive.
In the first month or so of 1943, Michoacan, Mexico was experiencing earthquakes. They weren’t terribly powerful–only registering around 3.2 on the Richter scale–but they were frequent. Residents also reported hearing thunder, even when the skies were clear. In the late afternoon of February 20, the source of the phenomena was revealed: a new volcano […]
Rock balancing is a classic case of “exactly what it says on the tin.” A person, sometimes an artist, stacks stones on top of one another in a creative manner with the hopes that it will remain standing. Cairns, for example, are pieces of rock balancing used to mark trails. And at the forefront of […]
