Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Scientists have just discovered hundreds of new giant viruses, in a comprehensive study covering oceans across the globe.

The team behind the study, marine biologist Benjamin Minch and virologist Mohammad Moniruzzaman from the University of…

Weight loss drugs, including Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide), are becoming increasingly popular among those trying to lose weight. But a rise in so-called “Ozempic babies” has led the UK’s medicines regulator to issue guidance…

A careful alignment of three powerful lasers could generate a mysterious fourth beam of light that is throttled out of the very darkness itself.

What sounds like occult forces at work has been confirmed by a simulation of the kinds of quantum…

In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth’s surface down to the centimetre, in almost real time and no matter the time of day or weather conditions, is set to launch from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre near…

Sometimes, it’s really hard to see the volcanoes for the rocks, especially if you’re just a one-ton rover all alone in a remote crater on Mars.

Nevertheless, a bump on the rim of Jezero Crater is indeed a volcano, scientists have ruled –…

A spacecraft’s-eye view over the landscapes of Mars has just given us a first-of-its-kind glimpse of the giant, ancient edifice known as Arsia Mons.

The NASA satellite Odyssey captured the enormous equatorial volcano as its tip peeked above…

For decades, scientists have puzzled over a curious phenomenon called Peto’s Paradox. In theory, large animals with long lifespans should develop cancer more often because they have more cells and more time for mutations to occur. Yet…

Earth’s satellite problem is only getting worse as time goes on and more satellites are sent into orbit. One of the chief issues with the number of satellites in orbit is how much they can affect our studies of the stars due to light…

Creatine is beloved by all types of athletes, from bodybuilders to Premier League footballers. Even Hollywood stars, the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg, are known to include it in their ‘get-ripped-for-the-camera’ regimes.

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For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another developmental quirk: they don’t use the same genetic toolkit as other mammals to develop male and female embryos.

What’s…