Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Key Takeaways on the Furthest Planet From the Sun

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun in our Solar System. Even when Pluto was still designated a planet, it has an elliptical orbit, bringing it closer to the sun than Neptune for 20-year…

Most of us have the odd bad dream. But if you’re regularly waking in a cold sweat, you might be wondering: is it just stress, or something more serious?

Some recent research has made headlines by linking frequent nightmares to an increased risk…

The waste left over from spent fossil fuel may contain a treasure trove of rare-earth elements worth billions of dollars.

In a 2024 paper, geologists calculated that the waste ash from coal burnt in fossil fuel power plants may contain as much…

In a dimly lit office nestled within the French National…

In a dimly lit office nestled within the French National…

The ancient world was full of massive, menacing creatures, but none have achieved fame on par with the dinosaurs. In fact, many of these lesser-known animals get wrongly lumped in with the likes of T. rex, Stegosaurus, and Brontosaurus, to whom…

The first private space science satellite set to study the impact of flares from stars has…

All modern-day pooches, from beefy Newfoundlands to scrawny Salukis, are descended from an ancient population of domesticated gray wolves. Despite the 20,000 or so years that have passed since, a new study published in Proceedings of the National…