Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Bad news for extreme exercise junkies out there: too much vigorous exercise could temporarily make your immune system less efficient.

At least, that’s what the evidence shows. An analysis from 2023 of over 4,700 post-exercise fluid molecules…

Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.

A study carried out by researchers from the Huazhong University of Science and…

Touch both objects. They’re the same temperature, but the wood feels warmer, right? Why is that? It’s not about temperature but thermal energy. When your hand touches an object, there is a heat conduction interaction. Energy is transferred from…

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a 16th-century merchant vessel’s remains off…

Fish like the rainbow trout suffer 2 to 20 minutes of excruciating pain while they are…

The China National Space Administration has shared the first image from its Tianwen-2 probe, which is en route to Kamo’oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid.

The image was captured by a camera onboard the probe, which is currently more than 3 million…

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the lunar surface, they expected to find grey rocks and dust.

What they didn’t anticipate was discovering something that looked almost magical: tiny, brilliant orange glass beads scattered across the…

A fisherman at sea off the coast of Canada recorded something that few humans have ever seen.

Floating serenely amid the pale ice chunks in the Labrador Sea was one iceberg that appeared as black as soot.

Hallur Antoniussen, aboard the fishing…

At first glance, dinosaur fossils and modern cancer research may seem worlds apart.

But a new study suggests that soft tissue preserved for millions of years inside ancient bones could offer valuable insights into how cancer works – and how…

When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or have fallen prey to…