Category: 9. Sci/Tech

In September 2024, astronomers noticed something peculiar. A star not too dissimilar to our sun suddenly lost its brightness, appearing 40 times dimmer than normal. There was no obvious explanation.

“Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining…

When wolves and cougars cross paths, it’s rarely a friendly encounter. But as these two apex predators increasingly share territory across the western United States, a new study suggests cougars may be finding clever ways to avoid conflict by…

Point Nemo has the distinction of being the most remote place on Earth. Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its extreme isolation makes it the perfect site for a spacecraft graveyard — and the final resting place of the International…

Yellowstone is infamous, having made it onto the small and prestigious list of “supervolcanoes.” This means it is one of just a handful of volcanoes that have produced an eruption of magnitude 8 at least once in their lifetimes. To make the…

On Jan. 25, 2026, when Alex Honnold completed a free solo ascent of Taipei 101 — one of the tallest buildings in the world — a familiar question reignited that has followed him throughout his career: How does someone climb at lethal heights…

The megalith formation at Stonehenge is one of the most enduring mysteries of the Neolithic era. The structure contains large stone slabs from Scotland, Wales, and England, but no written explanation of who created the monument, why, or how.

As…

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but cuttlefish can do something really special.

Male Andrea cuttlefish (Doratosepion andreanum) – quite drab to human eyes –…

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent…

Mars is half the size of Earth, with a tenth of our planet’s mass, and at the nearest point…