Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Fostering curiosity and being eager to learn into old age can protect against the onset of…

If you live on this planet Earth, odds are good that you’ve experienced a lightning storm in your life: a wild, crashing affair, with forks of light that split the sky, accompanied by the bone-rattling roar of thunder.

Although lightning is…

Putting humans on Mars has been a long-term project for both NASA and SpaceX. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has often said he plans to lead the way when it comes to settling on the Red Planet. However, new research suggests we could do more than…

If you’ve ever wondered whether the food on your plate could shape your brain’s future, the science is starting to say: yes, it might. While healthy eating has long been linked to better brain health, new research is getting more specific…

Some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in Colombia — and some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in all of South America — didn’t stick around. They appeared, then disappeared between 6,000 and 2,000 years ago, only to be…

Key Takeaways on the Smallest Dinosaur:

• At around 30 cm (11 in) in length, a species called Epidexipteryx likely takes the cake as the smallest dinosaur in this group. It lived during the Jurassic period in modern-day China and is known for…

Space around Earth is becoming increasingly crowded. Starlink is in part to blame, as SpaceX continues to launch hundreds of these microsatellites into orbit. However, all satellites have a natural enemy in space—solar energy. As…

More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring…

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as revolutionary, game-changer weight-loss treatments in the battle against obesity. While their impact on the medical landscape is undeniable, we’re beginning to understand more about how…

Drinking sugary beverages raises the risk of type 2 diabetes more than eating sugary foods, claims a new study

The research, from Brigham Young University (BYU) in the US, found that sugary drinks – including sodas and fruit juices – were…