Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Gentoo penguins along the Antarctic Peninsula are now beginning their breeding season nearly two weeks earlier than they did a decade ago, the fastest shift in reproductive timing yet documented in birds. New research links the change to warming…

Every winter, rhinoviruses circulate widely, yet not everyone exposed comes down with a cold. New research suggests that the deciding factor may not be the virus itself, but how quickly and effectively the cells lining our noses respond to it.

New…

The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth’s largest land animals.

According to a new examination of the microbes that live in the guts of Asian elephants (Elephas…

Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold.

Today, we know that lead and gold…

Penguins won’t lay their eggs any old time of year. They carefully synchronize breeding time with the seasons to give the next generation the best start to life. In the harsh ecosystem of Antarctica, this is essential for the survival of…

In 2018, a nervous-looking He Jiankui took the stage at a scientific conference in Hong Kong. A hush settled over the packed auditorium as the soft-spoken Chinese scientist adjusted his microphone and confirmed the circulating media reports: He…

Scientists have found that people who trained their brain to have positive thoughts right…