Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Researchers have formally identified a group of elasmosaur fossils — some of the most famous in North America. The marine reptile, Traskasaura sandrae, a type of plesiosaur, has been added to a new and “very odd” genus which is unlike…

A World War I submarine wreck off the…

Getting to Mars has always been a game of patience. With current propulsion technology, even the fastest missions take around seven to nine months. But a British company says it’s found a way to cut that time in half, or more.

Pulsar…

On 20 May 2025, Donald Trump announced one of the most ambitious and controversial defence initiatives in US history: the Golden Dome.

The proposed $175 billion programme, which Trump wants completed before the end of his term in January 2029,…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) could create your digital doppelgänger all too easily.

AI tools have been learning to create faces for decades. In fact, faces were the first thing used to test their abilities, for several reasons.

For…

Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth’s rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result.

While Earth’s slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it’s enough to…

A cataclysmic asteroid collision may not sound like the starting place for life. But 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs and much of the Cretaceous period’s fauna also kick-started a hydrothermal system…

A vast, untapped source of clean energy lies beneath the western United States – one that could potentially supply around 10 per cent of the country’s electricity, according to a major new assessment by the United States Geological Survey…

Archaeologists have found never-before-seen tattoos on the cheeks and arms of an 800-year-old…

Scientists have created contact lenses that enable wearers to see in the dark using infrared