Category: 9. Sci/Tech

One of space science’s longest-standing puzzles may finally have an answer. Scientists say they’ve figured out why carbon-rich asteroids – which are common in space – almost never make it to Earth’s surface.

The findings, published in…

Key Take-Aways on Dark Oxygen:

• Dark oxygen is produced on the seafloor by a process other than photosynthesis.

• A new study published in Nature Geoscience in July 2024 suggests it’s unclear what causes dark oxygen, but a possible source could be…

Somewhere between 9,500 and 9,900 years ago, three Scandinavian teenagers were hanging out, chewing gum after a meal. Specifically, they were chewing…

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the…

Scientists have successfully grown human teeth in a lab for the first time, according to a…

Fishing crews in California are experimenting with a new fishing method – one designed to…

For decades, scientists have viewed the Big Bang as the starting point of space and time. But research into cosmic inflation—the lightning-fast expansion that likely occurred before the Big Bang itself—has complicated that view. If…

Scientists have successfully grown human teeth in a lab for the first time, according to a…

New research suggests that playing music in the background could help people with ADHD concentrate, especially when it’s fast-paced and engaging. Rather than being a distraction, background music might serve as a subtle mental anchor,…