Tag: ZeroEnergy
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The tiny hydraulicist: the spider’s secret to engineering weightless power
When I see a jumping spider, I’m questioning how they do it! The spider engineering hydraulic secret is key to their impressive leaps. They seem like nature’s tiny, overachieving superheroes. But what they do isn’t just power, it is the ultimate demonstration of working smarter, not harder! This little family of arachnids, the Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), is our…
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A resilient future: lessons from the desert
The Tiny Genius: Desert Beetles and the Secret of Drinking Air The Question That Started It All Have you ever looked at a creature and just thought, “Wait, how does that work?” That’s me, every time I see a picture of the Namib Desert. It’s one of the harshest places on Earth. Nothing survives without a genius-level…