Category: 7. SciTech

A catastrophic earthquake rocked the Caribbean in the late 14th century and triggered a tsunami, according to a new study of coral skeletons,…

It was early January 2025 when a faint light spot was observed at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Follow-up observations revealed that the object was a comet visiting from the outer edge of the solar system, and it was named Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6). Its “period”—the time it takes…

Doctors in the US have warned of an alarming increase in eye injuries following the surge in popularity of the tennis-badminton hybrid sport,…

The identity of the miscreant responsible for a rodent-shaped hole in a Chicago sidewalk is not the beastie everyone thought it was.

After careful examination of all the facts and evidence, a team of sleuthing scientists has determined the true identity of Splatatouille: the ‘cement angel’…

In September, Mexican authorities confirmed a case of a deadly flesh-eating parasite in the state of Nuevo León, less than 70 miles (113km) from the Texas border.

The finding, in an eight-month-old cow near the busy Monterrey-to-Laredo highway, marks the northernmost detection of Cochliomyia…

They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have become…