Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

imitation

1665_Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring
Image credit: Johannes Vermeer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Depths of Design: Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

The effort to mirror objects in the world in our artistic creations reaches back into prehistory. Read More ›
springtail
Photo credit: Andy Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly

The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out. Read More ›
Marks Medved

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›
Alnetoidia alneti

In Bio-Inspired Engineering, De Facto Design Science Flourishes

Researchers may not call it ID, but what else do you call admiration for natural engineering that inspires attempts to imitate it? Read More ›

© Discovery Institute