The study argued that managing biodiversity needs to be enshrined in the design stages of projects, especially if the principle of a 'net gain' in biodiversity is to be achieved.

BBC: Jobs or birds: Turning Rio rhetoric into reality

My last conversation with Adrian Bejan ended on the notion that if design in nature is a universal principle of the material world, then freedom is the key variable that determines how efficiently designs can evolve over time.

FORBES: The Constructal Sessions, Part II: Freedom and Design

He was thanking Vint Cerf for making state-full edges a core design principle of the original web.

FORBES: The Link Between Scarce IP Addresses and the Centralization of the Internet

The danger of this happening will become acute on December 21st, when a Scottish businessman, Andrew Cubie, is due, at Mr Dewar's request, to publish a report about the future of university tuition fees, a subject which accident as much as design has elevated into a difference of high principle between Labour and the Lib Dems.

ECONOMIST: The Scottish play