Category: 9. Sci/Tech

When many stars reach billions of years in age and run out of fuel, they become dying…

Ah, the circle of life! Your parents have sex, and nine months later, you arrive into the world (apologies for that image).

But did you know that the temperature around the time of your parents’ hanky-panky might impact your metabolism for the…

Back in 1950, Alan Turing proposed an elegantly simple yet profoundly challenging way to determine whether machines could be said to “think.” Known as the Turing Test, this measure of machine intelligence sets humans and machines in…

It might be time to grant the monkeypox virus a new name. Although the virus (mpox for short) was first detected in lab monkeys in 1958, the original host or reservoir has remained unknown.

Identifying the reservoir is crucial, because it gives…

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed…

The lighter creates a tiny spark that jumps from one wire to the other in the front pair. This spark creates electromagnetic waves, with the two wires serving as transmission antennas to amplify the waves. The two wires in back are the receiving…

People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat…

Scientists have captured the first footage of an elusive deep sea shark inhabiting the waters…

Scientists have identified an ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan as belonging to the…

What if you could experience all the benefits of dreaming—emotional healing, creativity boosts, memory processing—without ever closing your eyes? Scientists have uncovered that certain psychedelics may mimic REM sleep in waking…