Category: 9. Sci/Tech

A radioactive wasp nest was found at the Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River site in South Carolina. No, you’re not imagining things, and no, this isn’t the start of a Sci-Fi thriller. 

DOE employees discovered the nest during a routine…

Key Takeaways on Wormholes

• In some ways, a wormhole might look like a black hole. And the wormhole would look like a sphere, not a hole.

• Einstein’s theory of general relativity allows for the possibility of wormholes, but there is no observational…

Let’s start with a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine what the future might look like in a few hundred years.

Are people intergalactic travelers zooming between galaxies? Maybe we live on spaceships, underwater worlds or planets…

Leopard seals might not be the first animal that comes to mind when we think about singing, but new research suggests their songs may have more in common with us than we ever imagined. A study published in Scientific Reports found that the…

The Perseids are one of 2025’s most prolific meteor showers of the year and a great reason to look up at the night sky.

The meteor shower is known for having some of the highest meteor rates – up to 100 per hour under absolutely perfect…

The potato, a global food staple first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region…

Utility workers expanding gas networks in Peru’s capital, Lima, have unearthed two…

For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers?

Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with…