Category: 9. Sci/Tech

When it comes to navigating areas, young children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for. Although past studies have proposed that our navigational abilities don’t truly kick in until the age of 12, a new study puts these claims to…

Researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) have unveiled a novel “electricity-conducting organism” that could spark medical and environmental innovations.

According to the new study, published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, the…

From the snow leopard to the pangolin, there are many animals that evade human contact. These elusive animals move secretly and silently through hard-to-reach habitats and are often at risk of endangerment. One of these animals, known as the…

Climate change could fuel the spread of a fungus that can sicken and even kill people, as well as threaten crops, according to a study posted on the preprint server Research Square.

Fungal infections already kill about 1.5 million a year. There…

Social drinking can sit on the slippery slope to alcoholism. People — and culture — can sometimes intertwine solitary drinkers with addiction. However, alcoholism often starts out when drinking among others, according to a review article in…

Lightning is one of nature’s most destructive forces, responsible for killing millions of trees every year. But in the rainforests of Panama, one species has flipped that danger into a powerful advantage.

The towering tonka bean tree…

Billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is continuing to push his…

Global research into the gut microbiome has exploded over the past decade, with most of the spotlight shining on the complex, health-shaping roles of bacteria in our intestines. But the gut isn’t home to bacteria alone — it also harbors a…

Cuttlefish are strange animals with some strange means of communication. Now, these cephalopods have been recorded using their arms in a way that looks like they are gesturing to each other – adding a potentially previously unknown form of…

In most of the United States, spring’s bird migration is in full swing. Thousands of species are trekking thousands of miles across the continent,…