Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Fitness enthusiasts have debated the question for decades: is it better to do cardio before or after lifting weights?

Until recently, the answer has largely been down to preference – with some enjoying a jog to warm up before hitting the…

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That’s a question some scientists have been asking in new research that has been keeping tabs on the wild animals roaming around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ).

Ever since…

A crackle of sulfur-crested cockatoos in Western Sydney have figured out how to grab a drink from a park water fountain.

We already knew this species of birds (Cacatua galerita) were a clever bunch: a few years ago, they figured out how to

Scientists have long looked for ways to turn the tide in our fight against climate change. So far, no matter what ideas they come up with, none have been solidified as actual missions with concrete goal. But that could change soon, as…

YouTuber Drake Anthony, who goes by “styropyro,” has created what he claims is the world’s strongest handheld laser. According to Anthony, the legal limit of a laser pointer is 5 milliwatts, so he decided he wanted to build one…

Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn’t have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized.

A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and done in under an hour, left a lasting…

Though the idea might make you squirm, some tumours really can grow their own body parts – or at least fragments of them.

These peculiar formations, called teratomas, arise from germ cells, which have the remarkable ability to transform into…

Researchers in Canada have found that anxiety could be a key warning sign that a cat is at risk of developing a disease known as feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC).

Being idiopathic, the cause of FIC is currently a mystery. Yet the discovery of…

In the same way that “space is big” (as described in Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), quantum physics is confounding.

Science’s best minds have been puzzling away at it for over a century, pawing at the subject like

Utah became the first US state to ban fluoride from being added to public drinking water in March. Soon after Florida followed suit, with US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr telling the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop…