Nature Knows Best

Danni Washington flies planes in tight formation to mimic the flight patterns of birds. How exactly did birds inspire the first airplanes?

Lately, we've been turning toward nature more and more while creating our buildings, not just for the materials, but in the way they're constructed! In this episode, join host, Danni Washington, as she tours the "living building" known as the Bullit Center. This six-story structure mimics a tree; creating its own energy, collecting its own water, and even recycling its own waste.

Danni tries to figure out what humankind can learn from other species and explores how fish are helping us build better armor.

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of our planet's surface and humankind has only explored about 5% of it. But the diverse wildlife from the areas we have investigated serves as a major source of inspiration for modern technology! Host Danni Washington uses this episode as an opportunity to continue the investigation, heading under the sea to explore a reef that's full of life!

Electricity is a basic part of life. Besides fossil fuels, nature has plenty of natural sources of power. One in particular overshadows all of the others, the sun.

Danni explores some of the many ways inventors have been inspired by nature. See robots that can pick up objects thanks to bugs.