Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Spring brings warmer temperatures, fresh greenery, and the return of birdsong. Songbirds are known for performing species-specific tunes to attract mates and defend their territories. But how do birds learn these signature songs? Much like…

A surprising observation from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a vestige of a galaxy that peeked through the early universe’s dense fog just 330 million years after the Big Bang. The recent sighting of ultraviolet light…

After more than a decade of scanning the stars, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has officially gone silent. The Gaia shutdown marks the end of a groundbreaking mission but not the end of its legacy.

Launched in 2013,…

Cold plunging has become all the rage. Whether in the ocean, rivers, lakes, or your own personal cold plunge bath, enthusiasts claim that the therapy has a host of benefits, both mentally and physically, from reducing anxiety to reducing brain…

Feeling stressed? That’s not surprising. The modern world, with its relentlessly breaking bad news and always-on communication, is more or less set up to keep us on edge. 

But there’s a problem: our bodies are built for fight or flight, not…

After 25 years of research, a 444-million-year-old inside-out fossil has finally been named. The fossil, which researchers at the University of Leicester have identified as a new species of multisegmented fossil, has been named Keurbos susanae, Continue Reading

Lots of strange things happened in 2023. But one thing (arguably the most notable thing to happen that year) went largely unnoticed. For the first time since the 1980s, the number of people with obesity in the US decreased.

According to the

Whether it’s the near infamous Stanley cups or the Naglene, covered in national park stickers, you likely have spotted reusable water bottles almost everywhere you’ve go. College campuses, cafes, the office, and of course, the gym or on a…

“You lose most of the heat from your head,” the saying goes. But is this actually accurate? This myth likely stems from a US Army Field Manual that stated 40–45 per cent of heat loss occurs through the head. 

Scientists explained that if…

Three storms which battered the nation within the space of a week leaving 1.4 million…