Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Stretching from the fertile plains of Chengdu to the mist-shrouded hills of northern China, thousands of ancient tombs mark where generations once lived, prospered, and were laid to rest. These burial sites, some dating back 4,000 years to the…

Images of blue dogs in Chornobyl have been circulating around social media recently and are causing quite a stir. Don’t worry, the blue fur isn’t a result of radiation exposure after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. It may actually be the result…

A “death ball” sponge, worms with an appetite for bones, and other eccentric species make up the populace of a deep-sea community recently uncovered in the Southern Ocean. The residents there aren’t your typical underwater critters. Many…

Obesity medications have become increasingly popular in recent years. GLP-1 agonists in particular have garnered increased usage because of their ability to help people lose 10-15 percent of their body weight. These medications help to halt…

Plastic surgeon Dr Michael Longaker was an undergraduate at Michigan State University in 1979.

Now renowned for his work on scarring, back then Longaker’s interests lay more in sports than scientific research – that year he played with…

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.

In a series of experiments designed to test the metacognition of these…

Paranormal phenomena, including supernatural ‘hauntings’, have been the subject of serious scientific investigation since the emergence of spiritualism during Victorian times.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of paranormal investigations have…

New evidence has been discovered to resolve a case of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the…

The Yup’ik community was spared from much of the widespread devastation remnants of Typhoon…