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Sam Wong

Assistant news editor

London

Bio

Sam Wong is an assistant news editor responsible for commissioning environment, biology and archaeology stories. Since joining 快猫短视频 in 2015, his contributions have included a regular science of cooking column, the video series and setting cryptic crosswords. He has a degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. He has also written science stories for The Guardian, Nature and Mosaic. His favourite subjects include food, drugs and animals.

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News
Overall winner Zeke Rowe Wouldn't Hurt a Fly Coiba National Park, Panama Sony a6500 with Sony FE 200-600mm F/5.6-6.3. f/9, 1/1000 sec exposure, ISO 6400 A calm American Crocodile meets the camera with an unwavering stare as biting flies are drinking from its head. In a quiet Panamanian tidal marsh, this apex predator proves that sometimes it truly wouldn?t hurt a fly.

Life

Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition

News

Cryptic crossword #176: Jumbo festive edition

Regulars
Cheerful mother and daughter tickling and playing at home on couch

Humans

What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human

Features
Overall winner Mesmerizing spider threads The image shows two exceptional silk threads of the Australian netcaster spider, Asianopis subrufa. Unlike typical web-builders, this spider holds a specialized, sticky net between its four front legs. When an unsuspecting insect approaches, the spider rapidly expands its net and casts it over the prey, a maneuver that demands dramatic extensibility from the supporting lines at the sides of the sticky net. These threads are composed of an elastomeric core encased in a sheath of harder fibers of varying sizes; the result is a structure that is both strong and stretchy. The mesmerizing, looping fibers in the image capture the eye with their meandering fiber bundles, which shift in their complex winding from large to small scales. The image covers 50 microns in width and was captured using a Zeiss GeminiSEM 360 field-emission scanning electron microscope under high vacuum and after coating of Au-Pd. Minimal adjustments of curves and cropping were applied via Adobe Photoshop. Martin J. Ramirez Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - CONICET "Jonas Wolff, Greifswald University. Website: https://zoologie.uni-greifswald.de/struktur/abteilungen/erc-junior-research-group-evolutionary-biomechanics/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/evoimec.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evoimec/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/EVOMEC-Macro-Evolution-Comparative-Biomechanics-and-Biomaterials-Jonas-O-Wolff" Royal Society Photography Competition 2025 overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Mart?n J. Ram?rez. Sample obtained by Jonas Wolff.

Life

Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

News
USA, Alaska, Katmai National Park, Young female Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) rests on river bank beneath coastal mountains along Kinak Bay on autumn morning. Photograph by Paul Souders.

Life

What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us

Features
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Personnel of the World class Danish restaurant Noma works in the kichten on May 31, 2021 in Copenhagen. - While the six-month Covid-19 closure has been tough for Noma, consistently ranked as one of the world's top restaurants, it's also been an opportunity to reinvent its cuisine. As it reopened this June, the restaurant has reworked its menu -- in part to take the lack of foreign tourists into account. (Photo by Thibault Savary / AFP) (Photo by THIBAULT SAVARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Comment

Arielle Johnson digs into the science of flavour in her tasty new book

Culture
GTG9F9 Hot mulled wine and book in woman hands. Relaxing in front of burning fire in the cold winter day.

Chemistry

Can science explain why some drinks and foods are a perfect match?

Regulars
The Lazarus Project is back, and the fight to secure the future has never been more intense. When the world locks into a time loop in which the world ends every three weeks, the Lazarus team must race against time to find a solution before humanity is wiped out forever. Among their number is resolute Lazarus agent, George (Paapa Essiedu), who???s been left in disgrace after betraying the organisation in the name of love. George is determined to redeem himself and win back the trust of his friends, colleagues, and the love of his life. But when he discovers that the cause he???s fighting is more sinister than it appears, George begins to suspect that the only person he can really trust is himself.

Comment

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Culture
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Chemistry

Homemade malt is the key to baking the perfect loaf of bread

Regulars