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Biomimicry in Action (TED talk July 2009)Janine BenyusDescribe what is happening in the new field of “biomimicry”.Why are inventors and researchers in biomimicry called “nature’s apprentices”?What problem with the bullet train did scientists need to solve?What did scientists learn from kingfisher birds to help solve the problem with the bullet train?How do Galapogos sharks’ skin denticles (scales) repel bacteria?How is the design of the sharks’ skin denticles used hospitals? Why is this better than using chemicals?How is CO2 used as a building block in nature?Why is it important that the manufacturing company Calera uses CO2 to make concrete, rather than releasing CO2 in making concrete?How does nature pump water up a tree?How can capillary action be used in a building? What did the company WhalePower learn about the humpback whale’s fins to improve the design of their wind turbines?Why is learning about Biology important for everyone (not just people who have jobs or careers in science)?Biomimicry in Action (TED talk July 2009)Janine BenyusDescribe what is happening in the new field of “biomimicry”.Why are inventors and researchers in biomimicry called “nature’s apprentices”?What problem with the bullet train did scientists need to solve?What did scientists learn from kingfisher birds to help solve the problem with the bullet train?How do Galapogos sharks’ skin denticles (scales) repel bacteria?How is the design of the sharks’ skin denticles used hospitals? Why is this better than using chemicals?How is CO2 used as a building block in nature?Why is it important that the manufacturing company Calera uses CO2 to make concrete, rather than releasing CO2 in making concrete?How does nature pump water up a tree?How can capillary action be used in a building? What did the company WhalePower learn about the humpback whale’s fins to improve the design of their wind turbines?Why is learning about Biology important for everyone (not just people who have jobs or careers in science)? ................
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