Category: 9. Sci/Tech

We’ve known about the existence of the rare Antarctic gonate squid since 1898. However, it has taken us over 100 years to actually see this squid alive. The creature dwells far beneath the glaciers of the Antarctic, and has been a…

Middle-aged people in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease may become more sociable, not less, according to a new major study.

The research, based on data from almost 500,000 British people over the age of 40, found that those at higher…

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

One of the latest developments is a…

Eli Lilly’s daily anti-obesity pill orforglipron appears to be as good at spurring weight loss and lowering blood sugar in diabetes patients as popular injectable GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, according to new data from a Phase 3 trial. The results…

Is coffee a health drink? While we’ve seen some interesting and often polarizing reports about just how healthy coffee is over the years, one thing appears to remain clear: there are some health benefits to drinking coffee. However,…

And because methane is invisible and odorless, it can be difficult and expensive to monitor it and prevent it from getting out. As a result, researchers and environmental activists say the industry is likely releasing far more than official…

In 2019, a radio telescope in Australia detected an interesting signal coming from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth.

The signal, designated Breakthrough Listen Candidate 1 (BLC1), had all the hallmarks of a…

Cognitive decline refers to the slowing or dulling of our memory, concentration and ability to think. It’s quite common to become more forgetful as we age – failing to remember someone’s name, say, or what we set out to buy at the…

As the UK swelters under yet another relentless heatwave, many residents are left pondering why these scorching days feel particularly unbearable compared to those experienced in other parts of the world. 

Despite sharing the same blazing sun…