Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Today, the Sahara Desert is one of the most inhospitable places on our planet. But it wasn’t always this way. 

Roll the clock back 7,000 years, and the Sahara was a lush, green savannah, teeming with wildlife, dotted with lakes – including…

Endometriosis is a common condition where cells similar to those in the lining of the womb grow in other parts of the body.

It affects around 10 per cent of women, and up to 50 per cent of women who are infertile, and can have a significant…

Prozac’s approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1988 heralded the dawn of a new age in treating depression since it focused on serotonin, a brain chemical that, when in short supply, contributes to depression. It was more…

This is a non-exhaustative list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton, turtles, whales, cattle, birds, tap water, beer, salt, human plancentas, semen, breast milk, feces,…

axolotls are critically endangered. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, these aquatic monsters—a national symbol that features on Mexico’s 50 peso bills, and which were once considered divine entities, the “twins” of the…

The devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which struck Myanmar on Friday, killing over 2,800…

Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s…

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of tombs at Anubis Mountain.

“Discovering king’s tombs, new pharaohs, are few and far between,” Josef Wegner, a leader of the team that uncovered the…

For many people, mornings don’t officially begin until the first sip of coffee. But while we might be picky about our beans or roast, a new study suggests we should be just as selective about how we brew it. New research says the…

Life looked different after an asteroid crashed into the planet around 66 million years ago. The dinosaurs died out, the arboreal mammals declined, and the terrestrial mammals thrived. The traditional story that’s told is that the asteroid…