Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Microplastics may be burrowing into arteries and triggering heart disease, especially in men,…

Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people…

A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the west of Greenland may be the deepest gas hydrate cold seep on record, and it happens to be teeming with animal life.

The Freya gas hydrate mounds were…

A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China gave paleontologists a huge surprise. Rather than a dinosaur embryo or sediment, it was filled with sparkling crystals of calcite lining the inner shell – a natural dinosaur…

For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine – as ordinary as wearing a seatbelt. We build playlists for road trips, pick songs to stay awake, and even turn the volume up when traffic gets stressful.

More than 80…

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

A new analysis of seven Balanophora species has found that these crazy plants have reduced their plastid genomes, or…

Sarah Sajedi was visiting Phi Phi Island, Thailand, when she was dazzled by the beautiful scenery of the Andaman Sea. However, when she looked down at her feet, she saw that the white sandy beach was covered with plastic debris, most of which was…

People deemed “cool” boast six surprisingly similar personality traits across cultures,…