Category: 9. Sci/Tech

October 2025 is a month of meteor showers. In fact, while the Draconids will continue today and tomorrow, the Orionids will shine their strongest in about two weeks or so. Though the first tends to be a little less impressive, the second is often…

Anyone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen knows what it’s like to be driven to tears when chopping an onion. A handful of creative kitchen hacks have been explored to avoid this stinging sensation, from cutting an onion under running water…

Meet the recently discovered Frankenstein-like tropical spider Damarchus inazuma — a striking new species found in the forests of western Thailand. Half its body displays female characteristics, while the other half is distinctly male.

A team of…

The West Coast is years overdue for the next big earthquake.

When the colossal tremor…

Key Takeaways on How Many Stars are in the Milky Way

• Astronomers believe there are about 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. But, this number of stars depends on various factors.
• To figure out how many stars are in the Milky Way, astronomers have…

There are more animal gamers than you might think. In California, for example, US Navy sea lions have been trained to navigate an on-screen cursor through a maze, using their snouts to press four buttons (up, down, left and right).

The sea lions,…

Once the best friend of the Chiribaya people in pre-Inca times, the Chiribaya shepherd dog will now forever occupy a place of honor in Peruvian history. This native breed, which stood with this ancient civilization through life and death between…

“From the outset, the Global Gateway has been described as the European Union’s attempt to rival the Belt and Road Initiative’s overseas infrastructure investment funds. At €300 billion through 2027, however, it is a…