Category: 9. Sci/Tech

A volcano that has remained silent for over 700,000 years is showing signs of waking up.

Mount Taftan is a stratovolcano situated in southeast Iran, close to the border with Pakistan. Due to its long stint of relative inactivity, it was thought to…

In 2022, a team of psychologists suggested burning the midnight oil could lead to changes in the brain associated with hazardous behaviors and harmful health outcomes. In essence, it might not just be how long or how well you sleep but when you…

You might be surprised to learn that there are more than two types of diabetes. We’re all familiar with types 1 and 2, but you may have seen another one – type 1.5 – making headlines recently.

Type 1.5 diabetes, or latent auto-immune…

A popular optical illusion can fool some animals, but not others, according to a recent study – and it may shed new light on how perception shaped their survival and evolution.

The optical illusion used in this study is called the Ebbinghaus…

We may soon be able to administer a universal cancer vaccine. That’s what researchers from the University of Florida and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center propose after observing that patients with advanced lung or skin cancer…

With its long history of incarceration, brutal conditions, and several grisly…

Neolithic people seem to have enjoyed chewing gum just as much as a bored kid in calculus. Their discarded wads are even revealing surprising details on human life as far back as 6,000 years ago.

Tar brewed from the bark of a birch tree is the…