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How cutting-edge engineering borrows nature’s innovations

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PBS Newshour

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2019-02-07

In the never-ending hunt for new designs that jump, pump, or run faster and better, scientists are finding inspiration in nature. The field of biomimicry blurs boundaries between living things -- like the butterfly’s proboscis or the flea's powerful legs -- and the inanimate to spur new problem-solving technologies.

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-cutting-edge-engineering-borrows-natures-innovations