What do a cactus, a bowl of spicy salsa and sour milk have in common? They all have a single mysterious power over us … they all force us toward the need to personally experience the potentially ...

Many plants and animals have evolved intriguing wetting properties; these special abilities result from the unique micro- and nano-scale structural features on their surfaces 1,2,3,4,5,6. For example, ...

Bobcats can do a lot of things: swim and climb trees, live to be 12 years old and have home ranges spanning up to 20 square miles. They can also climb a giant, prickly cactus without thinking twice. A ...