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Silk: Mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could usher in a tapestry of new materials, and other animals or plants could be designed to be the producers
Itch: Scientists trace a new path behind the maddening, unrelenting, screaming desire to scratch
Half-life (more or less): Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what’s unchangeable—the rate of radioactive decay
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This scanning electron microscope image shows a mosquito’s needle-like organ inside a sheath that enables it to puncture skin without buckling. This structure could inspire the design of pain-free microneedles. Full story. Credit: Ramasubramanian/Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

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