Floating through space, a robot crawls along a space station. The skin covering the robot’s parts lets it stick to the metal like a gecko sticks to a tree. This is not science fiction, it is science fact, and the product of a long process of observation, study, and mimicry of the animal world. In Animal Tech: Creepers & Crawlers, readers will learn the story of Geckskin and five other technologies inspired by reptiles and insects. Students will follow the stories of remarkable people working in STEM fields who have developed these life-changing technologies.

"Floating through space, a robot crawls along a space station. The skin covering the robot's parts lets it stick to the metal like a gecko sticks to a tree. This is not science fiction--it is science fact, the product of a long process of observation, study, and mimicry of the animal world. In [this book], readers will learn the story of Geckskin and five other technologies inspired by reptiles and insects"--Back cover.

Describes how military armor and defenses have been inspired by animals and nature from ancient times until today.

Nature is the world's foremost designer. With billions of years of experience and boasting the most extensive laboratory available, it conducts research in every branch of engineering and science. Nature's designs and capabilities have always inspired technology, from the use of tongs and tweezers to genetic algorithms and autonomous legged robots.

Turn off the technology and get back to basics! Tech Timeout for grade 1 features engaging arts and crafts activities, puzzles, games, and physical exercises that children can complete independently or with friends. --ItÕs important to remind children that learning doesnÕt have to take place in front of screens. Children need time away from technology to develop critical thinking and communication skills. The Tech Timeout series promotes fun, active learning that benefits children's academic growth and physical health. Each book is bursting with activities that improve concentration skills, stimulate creativity, and encourage outdoor adventures.

A beautifully-written, broadly accessible, and forthright argument for a solution to the migration crisis: open the gates. Because of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders force migrants seeking safety and dignity to journey across seas, trudge through deserts, and clamber over barbed wire. In the last five years alone, at least 60,000 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross a border. As we deny, cast out, and crack down, we have stripped borders of their creative potential — as lines of contact, catalyst, and blend — turning our thresholds into barricades. Brilliant and provocative, The Case for Open Borders deflates the mythology of national security through border lockdowns by revisiting their historical origins; it counters the conspiracies of immigration’s economic consequences; it urgently considers the challenges of climate change beyond the boundaries of narrow national identities. This book grounds its argument in the experiences and thinking of those on the frontlines of the crisis, spanning the world to do so. In each chapter, through detailed reporting, journalist and translator John Washington profiles a character impacted by borders. He adds to those portraits provocative analyses of the economics and ethics of bordering, concluding that if we are to seek justice or sustainability we must fight for open borders. In recent years, important thinkers have begun to urge a profoundly different approach to migration, but no book has made the argument as accessible or as compelling. Washington’s case shines with the multitudinous voices of people on the move, a portrait in miniature of what a world with open borders will give to our common future.

Chronicles the evolution of insects and explains how evolutionary innovations have enabled them to disperse widely, occupy narrow niches, and survive global catastrophes. --Publisher's description.