Learning new tricks from sea sponges, nature's most unlikely civil engineers

Friday, August 4, 2017 - 06:32 in Astronomy & Space

Imagine a future in which buildings tower miles over the streets below, tourists take day trips to the edge of our atmosphere, and multiple space stations can be spotted drifting across the night sky. To make this sci-fi vision a reality, we will need to create new kinds of structures that are lightweight but still strong and tough.

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