Category: 9. Sci/Tech

The King has recorded a personal message for Antarctic researchers as the southern hemisphere…

Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet’s surface was almost completely frozen over, creating what has been dubbed “Snowball Earth”.

Liquid water appears to be the most important ingredient for life…

While it’s very true that, as the great Ian Malcolm once said, “life finds a way,” that way can sometimes veer quite far off the beaten path.

One of the most beautiful and strange examples of this is the Pacific barreleye fish (Macropinna…

Supermassive black holes are some of the densest objects found within our universe. These cosmic objects are so heavy that they often weigh billions of times more than our sun, and they’re so dense, not even light can escape their…

The zombie apocalypse might sound like a great opportunity to wipe your debts and catch up on your reading but if 28 Years Later has taught us anything, it’s that surviving in an undead wasteland is not easy.

As the Danny Boyle film is…

Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have damaged the tank. “If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design,”…

Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckless with their money, according to a new study, which found a link between blue-enriched light and riskier gambling behavior.

The extra blue light emitted by casino decor and LED…

Sometimes, our body needs a helping hand. While the well-oiled machine should run perfectly well with a balanced diet and exercise, a bit of metaphorical lubricant can keep you performing at the highest level.

This is where supplements come in. A…

The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved lenacapavir, an injectable form of HIV prevention that is almost 100 percent effective and requires only two doses per year. Science magazine described the medicine the most important…

A rare whale tooth unearthed at a Copper Age “mega village” in Spain has shed light on…