Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Per the authors, it’s the first…

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly survey of over 130 oil and gas producers based in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, conducted in June, suggests the industry’s outlook is pessimistic. Nearly half of the 38 firms that responded to…

When we learn about Earth’s core at school, it looks like a calm sphere. One that’s smooth, unperturbed and as round as a ping-pong ball. It sits cosily at the bottom of several layers that encase one another like a set of nesting dolls.

Of…

Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: She was using gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out.

The body of Anne d’Alegre, who died in 1619, was discovered during an…

A woman who lived and died 2,000 years ago in the Altai Mountains of Siberia is opening a new window into ancient tattoos.

A careful analysis of her mummified remains didn’t just reveal tattooed figures across both hands and forearms, but the…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 11 percent of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – a developmental disorder caused by differences in brain…

A radioactive wasp nest was found at the Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River site in South Carolina. No, you’re not imagining things, and no, this isn’t the start of a Sci-Fi thriller. 

DOE employees discovered the nest during a routine…

Key Takeaways on Wormholes

• In some ways, a wormhole might look like a black hole. And the wormhole would look like a sphere, not a hole.

• Einstein’s theory of general relativity allows for the possibility of wormholes, but there is no observational…

Let’s start with a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine what the future might look like in a few hundred years.

Are people intergalactic travelers zooming between galaxies? Maybe we live on spaceships, underwater worlds or planets…

Leopard seals might not be the first animal that comes to mind when we think about singing, but new research suggests their songs may have more in common with us than we ever imagined. A study published in Scientific Reports found that the…