Evocative Design co-founder Eben Bayer tells the story of how a fungus he saw on his family farm eventually inspired the idea of mycelium packaging.
along with a nutritious substrate, in long walk-in tunnels
Fire ants bite. Fire ants sting. Fire ants eat ticks. And when there are floods, fire ants build cooperative floating rafts with their hydrophobic bodies.
“As flood water trickles into the tunnels below their
The sweet cooing, chirping sounds, the small furry faces, the incredibly intimate view that we don’t often… ever… get to see. Via the BBC’s Earth
camera, go into the belowground birthing chamber tunnels
What exactly is spider silk and how is it so strong? This Interesting Engineering video takes a closer look at the different types of silk produced by
then pounce on unsuspecting prey, or to build silken tunnels
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates intricate temporary installations using salt — an essential material for both the human body and the ocean.
and abandoned staircases or too narrow life-size tunnels
Joolz Guide takes us on a video tour of The Postal Museum and its (formerly) secret underground train: London’s historic Mail Rail.
solution: London’s Mail Rail, an underground network of tunnels
The oldest glue in the world is over 8,000 years old and comes from a cave near the Dead Sea. Today, we have enough types of tape and glue to build and
Cockroaches, Tape Paris: Crawl through suspended tunnels
A colossal ant hill—it’s reported to have been an abandoned colony of grass-cutter ants—is pumped full of ten tons of concrete for three days. After the
These tunnels had been cleared of forty tons of dirt
Found on every continent, except Antarctica, dung beetles help their ecosystems by consuming dung, also known as poop. They form it into balls and roll it
beetles by the way the beetles make a living: rollers, tunnelers
Ride the luggage roller coaster at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in this behind-the-scenes glimpse at where your bag goes after you check it in at the
of the twists, turns, bumps, flips, lane changes, tunnels
