Category: 9. Sci/Tech

President Donald Trump is once again peddling a largely unfounded claim that wind energy is…

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain…

Americans, as you may have noticed, like to supersize things. Soda cans are bigger here, and so are hotel rooms, houses, and cars. Here in the U.S., giant pickup trucks and SUVs are the norm; visit any school at pickup time and you’re…

For humans, the gestation period can last forty weeks. There are cramps, morning sickness, strange food cravings, increasing discomfort, and a multitude of other effects. And the nine months of pregnancy is often just a prelude to the real drama….

Utada: What are you most focused on pursuing at the moment?

Kojima: There is a theory in particle physics called the Standard Model, but it can only explain about 5 percent of the mass and energy in the universe. In fact, it is thought that about…

Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient wasp, encased in 99-million-year-old…

Scientists have made a potentially “life-changing” discovery that could pave the way for…

The human brain appears to undergo accelerated ageing once a person reaches the age of 44,…

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives.

Our recent study may have brought us one step…

A previously unknown species of wasp with an abdomen reminiscent of a Venus flytrap has been discovered in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber, and entomologists have never seen anything like it.

While the insect’s front half would pass for…