Category: 9. Sci/Tech

At its peak some 3,000 years ago, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon was the largest metropolis on Earth. Renowned for their literacy, the city’s residents left behind stacks of cuneiform tablets in the Sippar Library.

While many of the…

Chinese scientists have discovered subtle new earlier signs of Parkinson’s in mice, an…

The fishermen of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, risk their lives every time they head out to sea to fish or dive for lobsters. Their bounty is dependent on luck, as the weather often makes it impossible to go out, while on other…

To most of us, mushrooms are just weird-looking woodland growths, and a fungus is something you probably need a cream for. Increasingly, though, scientists are describing fungi as more sophisticated than we previously thought.

Some even say…

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean.

The…

Exposure to severe levels of air pollution in India is linked to adverse birth outcomes,…

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost city in Peru that thrived 3,500 years ago, likely as a…

A single jab of a breakthrough gene therapy could reverse hearing loss in people within…

What do mummies smell like? Woody, spicy and sweet. That’s how the smells of mummified bodies were described in a recent study at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo – not bad considering they are around 3,000 years old.

A combination of human…

Even in an age where flying is a fairly regular occurrence, there are some things…