Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Every once in a while, we all have to do our business outside the comfort of our own four walls — toilet business. Whether it’s a grimy festival porta-potty or the cramped washroom on an airplane, the same uneasy question tends to pop into…

Michigan’s rattlesnakes have been separated into small, isolated populations thanks to human roads, farms, and buildings. And that’s a serious problem, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which…

Cases of ‘Frankenstein bunnies’ and ‘zombie squirrels’ are making headlines, and it’s not even close to Halloween.

Reports of rabbits and squirrels with grotesque warts, some filled with pus, have been coming in all across North…

Key Takeaways – How Old Is Earth?

• Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago. Knowing how old Earth is can be more difficult to confirm because Earth’s age is not only based on the age of rocks, but also the isotopic estimates of what the source…

A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The agency says it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any…

Clearly, dogs are quite good at understanding us. But how far does this go and how are they able to understand our emotions – what cues are they reading?

A dog who has lived among people is a much better reader of us than we are of them (or,…

Sorry if you think we’ve already asked, but do you know exactly what déjà vu is? If you’re like most sensible people, you’ll likely say it’s the bizarre feeling that you’ve experienced something that’s happened before.

However, many…

Scientists have created a bacteria with a genetic code more streamlined – and more meddled with – than any other life on Earth.

This bacteria, a synthetic Escherichia coli called Syn57, has been engineered to build its body using just 57…