Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: The natural world is humanity’s greatest inspiration, and its influence can be seen all throughout our modern society. The nose of a bullet train ...

Joanna Dark is finally going back into action. When Microsoft formed a new Xbox studio called The Initiative in 2018, the team took a couple of years before revealing its first project. Said project?

A new kind of superhydrophobic metal, inspired by a water-dwelling spider, could form the foundational tech for “unsinkable” ships. The structure uses laser-etched nano- and microscale metals that ...