Category: 9. Sci/Tech

In March 2024, a plane carrying the UK defense minister had its GPS signal jammed as it travelled close to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on a journey between the UK and Poland. The UK government later said the plane was never in danger but…

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).

The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a couple of years later as the most extreme rogue…

Everything on Earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond is contained within the universe. So how much does  science tell us about the…

L-tyrosine, also simply known as tyrosine, is an amino acid and a building block our bodies use to produce protein. Though our bodies make tyrosine from another amino acid called phenylalanine, it has become a popular and trendy dietary…

Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an analog calculator that was way ahead of its time… or was it?

A new study suggests the device may simply have been an…

Chimpanzees have been spotted eating and sharing an alcoholic fruit in the wild for the first…

Crows have a sense of geometric intuition much like our own, a new study reveals.

They can detect the ‘odd one out’ in a set of geometric shapes, and have an affinity for geometric regularity – shapes with consistent features, like squares,…

Many teachers and parents know neuroscience, the study of how the brain functions and develops, is important for children’s education.

Brain development is recommended as part of teacher education in universities. Neuroscience is even…

NASA’s Perseverance rover recently spotted something strange while exploring the dusty slopes of Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover used one of its cameras to snap a photo of the dark, angular rock, which stands out so sharply from its…