Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Ever wonder if your cat could pick you out of a line up?

New research suggests they could … but maybe not in the way you would expect.

Previous research has found that only 54% of cats could recognise humans by their face alone.

So how does…

The Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t even begun, and forecasters are already sounding the alarm. Yup, you heard that right: the 2025 season, which officially runs from 1 June to 30 November, is expected to be an unusually active…

Imagine your body as a big sugar bowl. At birth, the bowl is empty. Over several decades, you eat sugar and refined carbohydrates and the bowl gradually fills up. And when you next eat, sugar comes in and spills over the sides of the bowl because…

Browsing the sunscreen aisle at the pharmacy can be overwhelming. Gone are the…

It’s been more than two decades since scientists finished sequencing the human genome, providing a comprehensive map of human biology that has since accelerated progress in disease research and personalized medicine.

Thanks to that endeavor, we…

A combination of two cancer drugs significantly boosts lifespan in mice, according to a new…

Bedbugs may have been interrupting human sleep for more than 50,000 years, but it was only…

The human response to being tickled is really danged weird. When someone pokes another someone just so, the result is often spontaneous, uncontrollable laughter.

This response is known as gargalesis, and here’s the thing: neuroscientists just…

She imagines industrial activity in space, freeing up land on Earth. Hollywood directors shooting films in orbit. And botanists traveling back and forth to check on their Space Gardens. She and her colleagues are currently seeking funding to help…

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden…