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Buildings made of bubbles and cars that look like fish? These seemingly fantastical inventions are actually inspired by the time-tested structures of the natural world.  1. The Shinkansen Bullet Train The bullet train in Shinkansen, Japan is a prime example of biomimicry— an approach to innovation inspired by nature. To lessen the piercing sound of their high-speed trains, Japanese engineers took a nod from the common kingfisher— a bird that can dart its beak into water at high speeds without making so much as a ripple. 2. Velcro Swiss engineer George de Mestral came up with the idea for velcro when he was picking burrs out of his dog's fur. The tiny hooks on a strip of velcro are modeled after the hooks that make burrs stick to your socks after a hike. 3. GeckSkin Adhesive Developed at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,  GeckSkin  is a super strong adhesive based on the mechanics of gecko feet. A piece of GeckSkin the size of an index card can hold up

Mars:  Planet Comes Into Opposition, Will Be Closest to Earth for 1st Time Since 2005 Mars reached opposition, at which point it was on the direct opposite side of Earth as the sun, at 7:10 a.m. EDT Sunday. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth since 2005. Which is in India at afternoon that is 04:40 PM. The Hubble Space Telescope is well known for its picturesque views of nebulae and galaxies, but it’s also useful for studying our own planets, including Mars. On May 12, 2016, astronomers using NASA's  Hubble Space Telescope  captured this striking image of  ‪‎ Mars‬ , when the planet was 50 million miles (80.5 million km) from Earth. About every 26 months,  ‪‎ Mars‬  and the sun are on opposite sides of Earth, we refer to this orientation as an opposition. Earth’s orbit around the sun is very nearly circular. Bu t Mars has a much more eccentric orbit, which brings the red planet some 43 million kilometers (26 million miles) farther from the sun