Category: 9. Sci/Tech

While many embrace the joys of winter, the inevitable task of clearing snow and ice after a…

If the animal kingdom is anything to go by, love is, indeed, a many-splendored thing. We humans may have slightly over-complicated the process, with our penchant for ever-changing hairstyles and a plethora of complex mating rituals,…

When rival Yellow-naped Amazon parrots confront one another in the treetops of Costa Rica, their exchange can erupt into a rapid, layered volley of sound. The calls overlap, accelerate, and sharpen as territorial tensions rise. To human ears, it…

A trading vessel that sank in the 14th century lay hidden near the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait for centuries. When archaeologists excavated the site between 2016 and 2019, they uncovered what is now known as the Temasek Wreck — the…

Mars may look frozen and silent today, but near Pavonis Mons — a volcano that rises nearly nine miles above the Martian surface — researchers have uncovered evidence that a nearby volcanic system remained active for millions of years longer…

Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Thursday.

The previously unknown site located at the Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long…

States across the Western US are facing record low snowpack levels in the middle of the winter season. The snowpack crisis, which could mean a drier, more wildfire-prone summer, is coming as states are racing unsuccessfully against a deadline to…

When you think of elephants, the first thing that comes to mind is likely not their whiskers. But these whiskers play a major role in the dexterity of an elephant’s trunk, and may give elephants the ability to nimbly hold a peanut without…