Category: 9. Sci/Tech

The Universe is chock-full of oddities: stars that blink in and out without explanation, galaxies that eat one another, black holes gone rogue. It’s no surprise that among the billions of galaxies out there in the cosmos, some of them are going…

Sharks with frickin’ lasers are tired news. Peacocks, apparently, are where it’s truly at.

Famous for their dazzling iridescence, peacock feathers are known to contain nanostructures that scatter light in ways that make their plumage shimmer…

When I started studying honeybees in 1998, I quickly noticed just how much people loved them. I also realised that people’s knowledge rarely extended beyond “bees make honey” and “they live in hives”.

Sometimes there would be mention…

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes.

The federal government has…

The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase was when surgeons at the few hospitals still operational on the Strip reported that wounds were no longer closing.

“There’s so…

Key Takeaways on What Space-Time Is

• Einstein’s theory of general relativity views time similarly to width, height, and length. As such, both time and space can be curved by gravity. This effectively means that time is slower the closer you are…

A new technology could enable doctors to use microorganisms to diagnose and treat disease from inside the gut microbiome in future, according to a recent study.

Scientists genetically engineered bacteria to emit and respond to light signals, so…

If you’re reading this at your desk, feeling a little tired and wondering where the weekend went, the idea of a four-day work week probably sounds pretty appealing. Just imagine what you could do with an extra day – finally tackle those odd…

Want to know your heart’s age? It might be older than you think, and knowing that can help trigger lifestyle changes that rejuvenate your heart and, with it, your overall health.

Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago developed a…

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest.

During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked…