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Have bite-mark forensics bitten the dust?

Have bite-mark forensics bitten the dust?

19 July 2023

Feedback looks at the looking into of who (human and shark) bit what (shark and human)


Could a cat nose function as a 'highly efficient' gas chromatograph?

Could a cat nose function as a 'highly efficient' gas chromatograph?

12 July 2023

Feedback decides more research is needed, both technical and legal, following a study into the unexpected potential of feline noses


Academia’s love affair with flowers hasn’t been the same since Freud

Academia’s love affair with flowers hasn’t been the same since Freud

5 July 2023

Feedback explores the little-studied subject of polymorphic perversion, in particular our feelings about plants that look like "female lips" and "swaddled infants"


Does what goes down a cat always come back up?

Does what goes down a cat always come back up?

28 June 2023

Feedback digs deep into a new piece of research on the "recovery of gastric foreign objects in cats" and looks into the potential yumminess of spray-dried animal plasma


What happens if you give Froot Loops to a rat and study its penis

What happens if you give Froot Loops to a rat and study its penis

21 June 2023

Feedback lifts the lid on a study into stressed rats and the effects of 'comfort food' on their 'penile morphology', and explores an essay which sets out to debunk the Dunning-Kruger effec


An intellectually delicious recipe for electric meringue

An intellectually delicious recipe for electric meringue

14 June 2023

Feedback explores a feat of dessert-based engineering cooked up by researchers in South Korea and the US, and ponders the true meaning of public relations


Donate your fingers to science, they said. It will be fun, they said

Donate your fingers to science, they said. It will be fun, they said

7 June 2023

Feedback weighs the benefits of testing injuries on dead or alive fingers and learns of more trivial superpowers


Hidden jerk and where to find it

Hidden jerk and where to find it

31 May 2023

Feedback explores the links between jerk (hidden and otherwise), bamboo chopsticks and spaghetti, and admires a quietly charming graphical abstract


Definitive answers sought on whether sugar should be added to tea

Definitive answers sought on whether sugar should be added to tea

24 May 2023

Feedback ponders the meaning of a correction issued to a study on tea consumption, sugar and mortality, and reveals the latest insights into Canadians' preferences on bento box layouts


Race is on to publish the most scientific research papers in a career

Race is on to publish the most scientific research papers in a career

17 May 2023

Feedback runs the numbers on 'prolific chemist' Rafael Luque, who has published 58 scientific research papers at a rate of one every 37 hours so far this year


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