What better way to mark a lifetime of science than with a tattoo? This permanent body ink is the badge of true passion for these scientists. Ecologists aren’t above obsessing over the cool animals in ...

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1. From this week’s crop of new tattoos: Abraham writes: “I got mine in grad school (PhD materials science and applied physics, 2004 Cal). The tatoo is a convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED) ...

The development comes from a joint project between Harvard and MIT researchers, and it’s in the form of a tattoo ink that has the capability to monitor the health of the wearer by changing color. For ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When my 18-year old self walked into a tattoo ...

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“The atom is on the left shoulder of Raychelle Burks, chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She got the tattoo upon turning 18 and deciding to pursue a career in science.

Ötzi the Iceman remained hidden to the world for millennia until two German tourists discovered it 30 years ago in a glacier in the Italian Alps. This 5,300-year-old mummy is not only perhaps Europe’s ...