Category: 9. Sci/Tech

It sounds like a paleontological crime scene: dozens of ancient amphibian fossils found buried relatively close together. The bones of the crocodile-sized creatures — known as metoposaurid temnospondyls — lie intact. What brought them there?…

The stars in our galaxy are serenading us with songs, that is, if we take the time to translate them.

According to a new paper published in Nature, constant “starquakes” cause some stars to fluctuate in brightness — a result that seems…

With winter having come to a close, people living near the Rocky Mountains will have to reckon with the effects of snow contamination, an enduring issue magnified by mining activities in the region. A new study provides an unprecedented look at…

There is now a pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice that is designed to help the tiniest of hearts. Researchers from Northwestern University have successfully developed a pacemaker that fits in the tip of a syringe and can be inserted…

When it comes to food poisoning, the body — well, more specifically, the brain — keeps score. Almost everyone can relate to eating something that caused them, to put it delicately, to suffer severe gastrointestinal distress that then renders…

Thanks to modern technology (and based on skull remains), we can now reconstruct a likely approximation of the faces of our ancient Neanderthal ancestors. When we look at those faces, we see beings that resemble us in many ways, but with more…

Newly-identified dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Skye show herbivores and carnivores drank…

Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it’s hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that nourished lush green savannas. But the remains of human pastoralists and their livestock have been found in the region’s rock…

Smokers are increasingly unconvinced of the benefits of switching to e-cigarettes, or ‘vaping’ – using an electronic device to heat a liquid that contains nicotine and inhaling the vapour (as opposed to breathing in the smoke from burning…

Archaeologists digging under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have found signs…