Category: 7. SciTech

An organised underground network of individuals and groups is enabling fraudulent research and increasingly undermining the integrity of

The remains of animals dating back more than 10,000 years have been found in a cave in northern Norway providing…

Transparent-faced fish glide through the murky depths, snow-like detritus drifts from above, and soft sponges emerge from the seafloor’s soot….

Quantum computing is interesting. It’s really a wonderful area for research, but my feeling is we have a long way to go. Today we have examples of quantum computers—hardware always arrives before software—but those examples are very primitive. With a digital computer, we think of doing a…

People deemed “cool” boast six surprisingly similar personality traits across cultures, according to a new study that hints at the role…

A comprehensive new analysis of the bite forces of 18 species of dinosaurs has revealed that, despite their size, several of the giant…

Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.”

Following its landing on Mars 13 years ago,…

Scientists have finally unravelled the decade-long mystery behind the devastating epidemic that has killed more than five billion sea stars off…

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world’s prehistoric climate.

By studying an isotope of oxygen in the fossils to infer atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, a team led by geochemist Dingsu Feng of the…

The remains of animals dating back more than 10,000 years have been found in a cave in northern Norway providing…