Category: 9. Sci/Tech

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to…

A “bead of sweat” is a beautiful turn of phrase, but the imagery is not quite right. Scientifically speaking, it may be more accurate to say a “film of sweat”.

A new study has found that human perspiration emerges from pores not as discrete…

Midday may be the best time to take an oral exam, interview for a job, or even go on trial, a…

Scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to count barn owl chicks by…

“When combined with other Pacific pathways to Australia and New Zealand, nearly 4 percent of the population could migrate each year,” says Jane McAdam, a fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, writing in the…

Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs, some dating back at least 500 years, have emerged on Oahu’s…

Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, anyway, after analyzing thousands of brittle star specimens and finding that the spiky, star-shaped creatures are much more closely related across the deep…

In just a few days, an asteroid the size of an airplane will pass by Earth, but there’s no need to ring the alarm bells. That’s because the asteroid, named 2025 OW, is sure to miss our planet as it makes its closest approach on Monday, July…