Category: 9. Sci/Tech

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After 12,000 years of calm, a seismic outburst is brewing in northwestern Canada as an ancient geologic fault grows restless. The Tintina fault, which stretches across the Yukon Territory and terminates in the center of Alaska, has become so…

Scientists have discovered a giant snail species living at a depth of around 6km in the…

Problematic planets

From sapphire waterfalls and lava rain to orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible. We look at 10 exoplanets that rip up the cosmic rulebook.

No more scars

Healing a wound without…

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media,…

The decapitated remains of an infant discovered at the Gran Dolina archaeological site in…

Fast walking for just 15 minutes a day could significantly reduce the risk of early death – especially for low-income and Black individuals – according to a major new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Drawing on…

A fault line on the Canadian border,…

Astronomers have detected precursors to the building blocks of life on the discs of V883 Orionis, a young star located 1,305 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion.

Scientists writing in The Astrophysical Journal Letters warn that the…