If you've ever tried using your phone in bright sunlight only to be greeted with a reflection of your own goofy face, moths might have your back. Inspired by the natural nanostructures that keep the ...

The same natural phenomenon that helps moths navigate in the dark could help scientists create more efficient solar panels. Most moth species are nocturnal, and have evolved an elegant strategy that ...

Have you ever felt that a person in a portrait is watching you, their eyes following you about a room? This optical illusion is known as the Mona Lisa effect, after Leonardo da Vinci’s famously ...

To increase stealth and evade predators, the moth has evolved a remarkable eye that, rather than reflecting light, absorbs it almost completely. Engineers have mimicked its nanostructure in the past ...