Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Next year, Northern Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics. But the region has made headlines six weeks early, as regional authorities announced the discovery of a well-preserved trail of dinosaur footprints.

Attilio Fontana, head of the…

Reports of a “super flu” abound just in time for the holidays. Cases of respiratory illnesses are on the increase, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting 11 hospitalizations per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, across…

Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers on Earth, and its future evolution is one of the biggest unknowns when it comes to predicting global sea level rise.

The eastern…

Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high…

Ten years ago, a Fitbit was about as sophisticated a wearable as you could get. The Apple Watch soon supplanted it, quickly becoming the world’s best-selling smartwatch. Then came the sleeker, more unassuming Oura ring.

Now there’s a new breed…

The curious skeleton of a Roman-era individual in Britain, nicknamed the Beachy Head Woman, is not who we thought she was.

It turns out this mysterious woman is not the ‘first black Briton’, as some scientists had speculated based on her…

No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does.

With its sleek body optimized for hunting, razor-sharp teeth, and its (somewhat undeserved) reputation for enjoying human flesh, the ‘great’ white (