The U.S. Army is looking at fish for the future of body armor design. MIT investigators have uncovered some of the secrets of construction that enable fish scales to be lightweight, sturdy, flexible, and effective in repelling punctures.¹

Researchers cannot seem to figure out how the first living cell came from a soup of inert chemicals using only the forces of nature and time.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered osmium signatures in shale.¹ Osmium is a radioactive element that is commonly found in lava and in water that is near lava. The scientists were interested in discovering the cause of a particular “oceanic anoxic event,” a time when the earth’s marine life underwent massive die-offs.

Scientists at Imperial College in London have flies on their minds. "Anyone who has watched one fly chasing another at incredibly high speed, without crashing or bumping into anything, can appreciate the high-end flight performance of these animals,” Dr. Holger Krapp of the Department of Bioengineering said in an Imperial College news release.¹