Philip Ball con­siders some research that’s making a meal of sci­ence. My guess is that not many people reading this ate flam­poyntes for their Christmas dinner. This pork and cheese … read more »

Researchers at the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­fornia, San Diego, have made self-​​​​propelled micro­tube rockets that can find and cap­ture cancer cells from blood samples.