Category: 9. Sci/Tech

The industry is finding a willing partner in the Trump administration. Since taking office, Trump has used AI as a lever to open up opportunities for fossil fuels, including a well-publicized effort to resuscitate coal in the name of more…

Scientists have developed a new technology that extracts water from Moon soil, offering a potential lifeline for future lunar explorers. 

The findings, published in the journal Joule, could help reduce the enormous costs of shipping water from…

For the first time, astronomers have caught a glimpse of a solar system just as it begins to form, spotting the first tiny seeds that will one day grow into planets taking shape around a distant baby star.

It’s the earliest stage of planet…

Chewing gum, sucking a mint, making a few exaggerated yawns—when a plane takes…

Some people are very aware of their water intake. They track their sips through the ticks on the sides of their water bottles or their trips to the water cooler at work. However, some people are unaware of the water they’re drinking, and…

Dolphins in Australia have developed a unique and ingenious hunting technique, involving the…

It’s well-known that trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air to create their structure’s organic building blocks. Some trees go one step further, converting extra CO₂ into limestone within their trunks. Now researchers have found a new…

When you try to come up with the Earth’s largest waterfall, there are a lot of factors to take into account. Some might break it down based on sheer size, the flow rate or volume of water coming through it, and more. But, if you ask…

Some people who’ve suffered through COVID-19 never quite feel 100 percent, stuck in the throes of a medical mystery centered around an impaired immune system. Long COVID isn’t fully understood yet, but scientists are closing in on crucial…

A new thermal pool has erupted onto the scene in Yellowstone National Park — slowly. 

During routine surveys in mid-April 2025, park geologists noticed the new feature within the Norris Geyser Basin. The feature — a blue spring — had not…