EditorialLittle has been known about how icing really affects sore, damaged muscles at a microscopic level but a new study in the Journal of Applied Physiology done in mice suggests that icing muscles after strenuous exercise is not just ineffective, it could be counterproductive. (Melody Melamed/The New York Times)
Editorial‘Dhundiya’, a member of the strict ‘Sthanakavasi’ sect of Jains. Wearing a mouthcloth to protect microscopic life from harm, he carries a brush to clear insects from his path. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of t...
EditorialVorticella convallaria, protozoan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fishes, marine life and m...
EditorialBottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations ...
EditorialPyjama shark or striped cat shark, Poroderma africanum. Near threatened. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. ...
EditorialSea snail, Conus aulicus. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1799. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, bir...
EditorialMarine rotifera or wheel animals, Brachionus urceolaris. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1799. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fis...
EditorialSea snail, Pterotrachea coronata. Illustration drawn by George Shaw. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crus...
EditorialHorned octopus, Eledone cirrhosa. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fishes, marine life and mi...
EditorialMagnified image of common moss, Phascum cuspidatum 1, and microscopic enlargment of pond algae, Hydrodictyon utriculatum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich J...
EditorialPhyllodoce lamelligera. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds...
EditorialChristmas or sea anemone, Urticina crassicornis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fishes, mar...
EditorialRostrated terebella sea worm, Terebella rostrata. Illustration drawn by Richard Nodder and engraved by Frederick Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the ...
EditorialBlack coral, Cupressopathes abies. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of ani...