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The life digital
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The life digital

As the world gears up to embrace a sustainable future, scientists are mimicking biological systems to find solutions to disparate problems.

See how they move

See how they move

From slithering tubes to moving with legs: the wondrous evolution of locomotion.

New lease of life

Engineers are looking at a great model for design that had been ignored for centuries: life.

HARI PULAKKAT

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It's the science, silly!
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It's the science, silly!

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A cosmic riddle
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Rest in pieces
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Now you see it; now you don't
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