There's something infinitely fascinating about looking at everyday objects under a microscope. Suddenly a whole hidden world opens up and the sense that we ourselves are just part of an endless cosmic ...

Sometimes, looking at insects under a microscope can be nothing short of horrifying. Ants, for instance, look like orcs from some medieval fantasy series, and perhaps unsurprisingly, spiders don't ...

When Colin Purrington looked at a sample of dried figs under a microscope recently, he answered a question that had been bugging him for years. Inside the chewy fruits, he found the shriveled remains ...