Force of nature: NASA ‘Gecko Gripper’ licks space litter problem (VIDEO)

Published time: 29 Jun, 2017 15:45 Scientists have drawn inspiration from the reptile kingdom in an effort to clean up millions of pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth. A collaborative project between Stanford University and NASA has yielded a contraption called the ‘Gecko Gripper’ which uses a network of adhesive squares to capture manmade […]

Skinchangers: Newly discovered gecko species sheds skin to evade predators

A new species of gecko that has been discovered in Madagascar can shed its skin on demand to disguise itself from predators. The author of the newly-published study on the freakish lizards says it’s nearly impossible to catch one with its skin intact. The new Gecko has unusually large and thick scales, so much so […]