The pattern “can be interpreted as an evolutionary solution” that “optimizes the skeleton,” says Perricone ... new developments in materials science, aerospace, architecture and construction.

Beneath a starfish’s skin lies a skeleton made of pebbly growths ... researchers report in the Feb. 11 Science. “When we first saw the structure, we were really amazed,” says Ling Li ...

Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor ... tomorrow in a special edition of the journal Science, along with an avalanche of supporting materials ...