With many using this time at home to learn new skills, online courses are rising in popularity and one South African organisation has launched a timely programme to embark on, whilst considering what ...

In honor of the Portland area's recent heat wave, we'll look at a hot-climate house that mimics a snail for coolness, and the field of biomimicry; at research on the cocoon as a way to improve home ...

Biomimicry, a term originating from the word roots bios (life), and mimesis (to imitate), describes the imitation of systems and processes in nature that inspire solutions to human problems.

Source: Greystone Books, with permission. Some years ago I learned about the fascinating field called biomimicry, basically "a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to ...

Students investigate threats to coral reefs in Hawaiʻi, including climate change, sedimentation, and microplastic pollution. Using biomimicry, students design and prototype coral settlement structures ...

Serial entrepreneur Tom Tyrrell has started a dozen companies in industries as diverse as steel and technology. He even founded Business Volunteers Unlmited, an organization that links businesses with ...