Category: 9. Sci/Tech

“All of the mice we treated showed dramatic improvement in their motor skills. The results exceeded our expectations and suggest that, after further study, this therapeutic approach could slow the progression of Parkinson’s in humans,” says…

From hot dogs to crispy bacon, US food staples could be made of gene-edited meat as early as 2026. Yes, really: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the farming of a specific kind of genetically enhanced pig. And regulators…

To play polo at the highest level, you have to love horses or be filthy rich. Ideally both. A team might field around 40 ponies for each game and draw on a roster of hundreds of potentially playable horses for each tournament. In the gaps between…

The actor Orlando Bloom recently made headlines when he reportedly paid the exorbitant price of £10,000 ($13,600) to have his blood removed, separated and filtered for microplastics.

His rather drastic treatment highlights growing worry over an…

The much-loathed ‘flying ant day’, a summer phenomenon, is set to return to Britain and…

The much-loathed ‘flying ant day’, a summer phenomenon, is set to return to Britain and…

The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about

Imagine a tool from the Stone Age. You’re probably thinking of something in the shape of a leaf, with at least one of its sides fashioned into a point. But whether that point is sharp or blunt, smooth or jagged, you’re almost certainly…

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the “clocks” geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.

Case in point: the discovery of an ancient…

For decades, scientists have theorized about how Mars reached its current state. Many believe that the Red Planet’s surface may have once been covered in rivers and oceans. But, if that’s really the case, what happened to all of the…