Category: 9. Sci/Tech

It’s easy to assume that people with obesity enjoy food more than people in smaller bodies – but it’s not true. Instead, people seem to gradually get less pleasure from eating as they put on weight.

Now, scientists have discovered why that…

From Sheldon Cooper to Sherlock Holmes, autism-coded characters on screen have long been defined by their wacky social skills, constantly misunderstanding jokes and saying things that others find rude.

When it comes to diagnosing real people with…

Neutrinos are the most ubiquitous particles — a hundred billion zip through your fingertip each second — yet they have no charge, almost no mass, and they barely interact with other matter.

A century ago, when the Italian physicist Wolfgang…

A partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of the UK this weekend, but cloudy and rainy…

Fisher did not take Neyman and Pearson’s criticisms well. In response, he called their methods “childish” and “absurdly academic.” In particular, Fisher disagreed with the idea of deciding between two hypotheses, rather than calculating…

Scientists have discovered a “thriving ecosystem” of strange deep sea creatures on a…

Radiologists are particularly adept at spotting optical illusions, according to a new study…

Scientists have discovered a “blueprint” for long life by decoding the genome, gut health…

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a…