Category: 9. Sci/Tech

There’s a lot that goes on inside our brains. But there are times that our minds go… well… what’s the word? Blank?

Reviewing available research on mind blanking, a new article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences says that the moments in which…

Meteorites carry clues that are pivotal in exploring the history of our Solar System, yet they don’t all look the same after impact. Colliding with a planetary surface sends shockwaves through meteorites, changing their configuration in various…

When it comes to bonobo hierarchy, the ladies stick together. New research out of the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior finds that female bonobos team up to keep male bonobos in line, even though the males are larger and stronger than the…

According to the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report, more than 156 million Americans are breathing air that is deemed unhealthy. That’s nearly half of the country.

The report analyzed data collected between…

It can be difficult to understand quantum mechanics. That’s okay, because, in the early days of the Internet, few could understand how that worked.

Now, new developments in quantum communication may turbocharge just how quickly and securely…

Over the past two decades, a troubling pattern has emerged: more young adults are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer — a disease traditionally seen in people over 50. If this trend continues, early-onset colorectal cancer could become the…

The most powerful instrument of its kind has now taken its first picture of the sun. Although the Inouye Solar Telescope began operating from its perch on the Hawaiian volcano Haleakala in 2022, the addition of its latest key piece of equipment…

It’s one hell of an old ant. Researchers discovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant preserved in a chunk of Brazilian limestone. The find earned it the title of the oldest such specimen, according to a paper in the journal Current Biology.

The…

A new male contraception has been shown in trials to last for at least two years, in a…

We all need a way to get along in this wild, wicked world, and a rare insect found only on a mountainside on O’ahu has found an incredible strategy.

A species of caterpillar that scientists are calling the ‘bone collector’ is not only a…