Tom Hale

3 days ago | iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Katy Evans

The same team managed to film the first confirmed footage of a colossal squid just a few weeks later. Tom HaleTom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the environment to technology and archaeology. Senior JournalistEditedbyKaty EvansKaty is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some.

6 days ago | iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Laura Simmons

The Christian holiday has surprising etymological roots. Tom HaleTom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the environment to technology and archaeology. Senior JournalistEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London.

6 days ago | iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Johannes Van Zijl

Dentures are so last century. Tom HaleTom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the environment to technology and archaeology. Senior JournalistEditedbyJohannes Van ZijlJohannes has a MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London and serves as the Managing Director at IFLScience. Typically, adult humans have 32, although plenty of things can change that.

6 days ago | dental.einnews.com | Tom Hale |Johannes Van Zijl

It would be incredibly useful if humans (just like sharks and elephants) could continuously grow new teeth throughout their lifetime, replacing those lost to disease, neglect, and bar fights. This is the fundamental idea that’s inspiring scientists to explore the prospect of lab-grown teeth. In a new study, scientists at King’s College London and Imperial College London have made a step closer to realizing that dream. They identified a way to improve the environment needed to grow teeth in the lab.

1 week ago | iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Maddy Chapman

These findings were based on observations of western lowland gorillas in two localities in the Republic of Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park: the Goualougo Triangle and the Djéké Triangle. Researchers made daily observations of four gorilla groups and watched as they scratched the soil of the forest floor to extract deer truffle species, identified as Elaphomyces labyrinthinus.