A green dye marks lipocartilage cells from the ear of a rat.Credit: Plikus lab, University of California, IrvineThe ear and the nose are squishy and stretchy thanks in part to ‘bubble wrap’ cells that provide extra cushioning and structural support...
Thousands of preprints have been withdrawn from the arXiv preprint server because of factual or methodological errors.Credit: Ralf Geithe/GettyResearchers have...
In 2023, more than 450 scientists who had begun publishing research only in the previous eight years were among the...
Precise timekeeping helps us in our daily lives: from pinpointing your precise location with GPS to synchronising financial deals to...
Download the 27 December long read podcastMarc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting examples...
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hero was born: Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin on a mission to...
For painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Vertumnus (1591), emperor Rudolf II was what he ate.Credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo/Buyenlarge/GettyEating and Being: A History...
As climate change and artificial intelligence (AI) reshape the world, some say that reality is starting to look a lot...
Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPLA...
