Elastic materials are useful in lots of ways: Similar to how tires and sneakers grip the road, a rubber band can help you grip the lid of a jar to make it easier to open. Your body’s cartilage is your ...

Medical textbooks describe three types of cartilage: hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage. Hyaline cartilage helps bones slide smoothly over each other at the joints; elastic cartilage is very ...

These are my 5 must-read science books. Our outer ears and those of other mammals are made of a subtype of cartilage called ...