Category: 9. Sci/Tech

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…

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…

If you matched a Swiss singer against a monkey vocalist in a yodeling contest, the non-human primate would win handily, according to a study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

It turns out apes and monkeys…

Every year, the US sees around 1,200 tornadoes tear across its landscape – but lately, things have felt different. Tornadoes are striking earlier, appearing in unusual places and clustering together with alarming intensity. Now, in early April…

Bronze Age Scandinavians may have traversed from Denmark to Norway directly over the open sea…

Construction workers renovating a Vienna football field stumbled upon a grim piece of…

An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made…

Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s…