Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Key Takeaways on What Space-Time Is

• Einstein’s theory of general relativity views time similarly to width, height, and length. As such, both time and space can be curved by gravity. This effectively means that time is slower the closer you are…

A new technology could enable doctors to use microorganisms to diagnose and treat disease from inside the gut microbiome in future, according to a recent study.

Scientists genetically engineered bacteria to emit and respond to light signals, so…

Want to know your heart’s age? It might be older than you think, and knowing that can help trigger lifestyle changes that rejuvenate your heart and, with it, your overall health.

Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago developed a…

If you’re reading this at your desk, feeling a little tired and wondering where the weekend went, the idea of a four-day work week probably sounds pretty appealing. Just imagine what you could do with an extra day – finally tackle those odd…

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest.

During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked…

The spread of measles is showing no signs of slowing down in Mexico. Between July 21 and 25, the country’s number of confirmed infections in 2025 rose from 3,553 to 3,730, an increase of 197 in only four days, according to the Ministry of…

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30 generated

A fungus long blamed for the deaths of archaeologists who opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb may now help save lives. Researchers have harnessed the toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus – once linked to the so-called ‘pharaoh’s curse’ – to…

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study revealed on Wednesday.

The discovery in Earth’s…