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 ...

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 ...

In 2018, I paid a man a couple hundred dollars to repeatedly jam several needles into the skin of my right wrist. I felt as if I were being attacked by a microscopic cavalry of crabs. Into every jab ...