Birds are customary companions to flowers in nearly every country. In the 19th century, designers incorporated elegant birds in fancy wallpapers, on colorful lampshades, in jewelry and atop the ...

Colorized electron microscope view of nanoflower “sculptures” (all images courtesy Wim Noorduin) How shapes self-assemble in nature is a mystery of science yet to be unraveled, but sculpting a ...

There’s something unusually satisfying about teensy versions of full-size objects. The details are that much more intricate, the objects that much cuter, and the possibilities that much more creative.

Kraig Councell recently launched a business selling miniature floral arrangements. His flowers are made to twelfth scale%2C meaning one inch for every foot in real life. He has already had interest in ...