God, sex or evolution – why did humans start making art?
A new Australian exhibition suggests art was first made to attract mates, signal dangers or mimic nature. But this reduces a mysterious impulse to a biological drive
Tag: Biology
VIDEO: Cockroach robots? Not nightmare fantasy but science lab reality
Texas engineers attach miniature computer wired into nervous system of live cockroaches for remote control and aim to gather video information in places such as broken sewers
4D-printing: from self-assembling chairs to cancer-fighting robots
The future is here. Project Cyborg will revolutionise the way designers think by training materials to build themselves – and adapt to their surroundings
When two tribes meet: collaborations between artists and scientists
Science and art are often considered opposites – so what happens when top practitioners in each field collaborate? The results, finds Stuart Jeffries, can be seismic
