Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Methane is best known for how dangerous is can be to humans and the part it plays in global warming. However, when you go deep beneath the ocean, you’re likely to find an assortment of creatures that rely on methane to survive….

Summer often brings with it trips to the beach, ice cream, and fun in the sun. But…

A 146,000-year-old skull known as the ‘dragon man’, thought to be the sole representative of an ancient human species, actually belongs to a larger group of our extinct relatives, the Denisovans, two new papers claim.

It’s the first skull we…

Scientists have developed a vaccine which provides a strong immune response against HIV in

The best science isn’t just smart – it’s stunning. Don’t believe us? Well, for 28 years the Wellcome Trust has held an annual photography competition celebrating powerful images that capture health, science, and medicine.

The Wellcome…

“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog post last week. The average query, Altman wrote, uses 0.34 watt-hours of energy: “About what an oven…

An extract derived from okra and fenugreek can remove over 90 per cent of microplastics from

Could a passing star be on a collision course with our solar system and, eventually,…

Chinese archaeologists have stumbled upon a rare set of three 1,800-year-old tombs in the…

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, you’re using energy – but how much? A new study has revealed just how environmentally costly it is to interact with large language models (LLMs), and what users can do to reduce their carbon…