but why do we have fingerprints in the first place? Turns out, those unique whorls and loops are a mystery all on their own.

Fingerprints have long been known to be completely unique. They also don’t change their pattern over your lifetime, making ...

How the unique arrays of swirls, arches, and loops on the tips of our fingers form is a longstanding scientific enigma. Now, a paper published February 9 in Cell has solved the mystery, revealing not ...

When exposed to X-ray film, the separated fragments generated a unique fingerprint, which Woese interpreted based on the position of the spots. “Literally every single day he sat in front of those ...

develops unique patterns different from those in people with sight, researchers said, likening these patterns to an "individual fingerprint." They said that the connectivity in the visual cortices ...

Coleman Lowndes is a lead producer who has covered history, culture, and photography since joining the Vox video team in 2017. Fingerprints have long been known to be unique. They also don’t ...