Category: 9. Sci/Tech

The U.S. now hosts over 157,000 wind turbines. If each tower holds three blades, and each blade’s weight is about 65 glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), that’s a lot of plastic. Even if each turbine lasts an estimated 30 or so years, those…

Along with a slew of other physical impacts that running a marathon can have on the human body, a new study reveals that your body may also start eating your brain while running the 26.2-mile race. 

While this sounds terrifying, the effects the…

Superbugs are pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, that present serious threats in hospitals, exposing vulnerable patients to higher risks of infections and even death. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 2.8 million infections and 35,000…

If you close your eyes and picture dinosaurs roaming across Earth, what do you see? Probably not the cold, misty shorelines of Scotland.

Thanks to 131 footprint findings by a team at the University of Edinburgh, we can now confirm that Continue Reading

Researchers have successfully created solar cells from simulated moon dust that could fuel power. The cells the scientists developed should convert sunlight into energy efficiently and withstand radiation damage, they report in the Cell Press…

What’s the first thing you do when you arrive at work? Unpack your bag, set up your desk – and then make a beeline for the coffee machine? You’re not alone.

According to the National Coffee Association, the average American drinks just over…

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) some 2.4 billion years ago established the oxygen-rich atmosphere that many living things depend on today.

Curiously, when it came to evolving ways to actively use the element for respiration, some strains of…

Scientists love to put things in categories. In the natural world, life is divided into several categories: animals, plants, fungi, protists (such as algae or amoebas), bacteria and archaea (microscopic single-celled organisms).

But recent…

One of the curious features of Taylor Swift’s work is that she regularly uses words borrowed from astronomy and cosmology. “Taylor Swift’s discography frequently incorporates astrophysics terminology,” point out Sophie Newman and Ana…

As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were swift and widespread.

A…