Category: 9. Sci/Tech

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA…

If your teeth are damaged, there might be a new toothpaste arriving on the market in the next few years – with an unexpected ingredient.

Toothpaste made from your own hair may offer an effective and sustainable way to protect and repair…

Astronomers have tracked down the biggest black hole seen in the Universe so far.

Using two different types of measurement, astronomers recently discovered the behemoth of a black hole has almost 10,000 times more mass than the supermassive black…

Fast-tracking a NASA plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon may sound dubious….

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of people of sub-Saharan African descent living in…

The human family tree is looking more and more like an unruly bush.

Paleontologists have now uncovered the teeth of two different ancient human lineages at the same site in northeastern Ethiopia.

The discovery collapses the distance between the…

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean.

These puzzling giants are brief, typically lasting less than a minute before…

It’s difficult to predict the prevalence of a condition when you don’t know what it is, and it’s even more difficult to diagnose and treat it. But that’s essentially what’s happening with long COVID, a chronic condition that can emerge…