Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Most spiders are known for being loners that keep to themselves. But in rare instances, some close-knit spider communities rely on strength in numbers. From a young age, the spiders in these groups show selfless behaviors such as joining forces…

When the economy starts to wobble, economists pore over the big dashboards: GDP growth, unemployment rates, inflation. But sometimes, the first red flags come from somewhere stranger.

In his Monday Morning Economist blog, Virginia Tech economist…

Fins, fingers, and toes. Though they might seem similar, it turns out that they aren’t as connected as sometimes suggested.

In fact, a new study in Nature has taken a closer look at how human hands and feet evolved, and has found that their…

In January 2009, a research team sailed from South America toward Antarctica. They hoped to document how killer whales, also known as orcas, worked together to create a wave that could knock a seal from the safety of an ice floe.

The team observed…

Are those teeth on your forehead or are you just happy to see me? In the curious case of chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, the answer is ‘both.’

These forehead-teeth are attached to a retractable stalk called a tenaculum, and they help…

Real-time footage of a human embryo implanting into an artificial uterus has been captured for the first time.

The remarkable feat, published in the journal Science Advances, offers an unprecedented view into one of the most critical steps in…

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are evading efforts to control them in growing numbers.

But this…

Scientists have unearthed prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the…

Frozen in time 112 million years ago, an entire ecosystem preserved in amber has been unearthed from a quarry in Ecuador. The scene contains bugs, pollen, and even strands of spider web.

This is the first large discovery of insect-laden amber…

From butterflies to grasshoppers, many delicate little things that run our world are in dire trouble. Not just in regions where human activity directly affects the landscape, but even in remote, human-free zones, a new study finds.

The loss of…