Category: 7. SciTech

For decades, scientists have theorized about how Mars reached its current state. Many believe that the Red Planet’s surface may have once been covered in rivers and oceans. But, if that’s really the case, what happened to all of the water on Mars? Well, new research could…

Some upcoming summer days are actually getting shorter, literally. Even if it’s only by milliseconds.

While the change won’t be noticeable,…

A bright flash on Saturn was captured by NASA’s Mario Rana on July 5, 2025. This marks the first time we’ve ever seen an object crash into the ringed giant in real time. Now, astronomers around the world are scrambling to verify what could be a rare and historic planetary…

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group.

The sole…

The radio signals from our planet’s airports could be detected by alien astronomers even if their level of technology is the same as our own, according to an upcoming study.

Radar systems used to track planes at aviation hubs such as London’s Heathrow or New York’s JFK could be pumping out…

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans:…

Chimpanzees have been observed following “fashion trends” in the same way humans might do, research has revealed.

Eight rescue primates in…

If chimpanzees had access to TikTok, the platform might soon be flooded with videos of ‘chimpfluencers’ wearing grass in their ears and butts – the latest trend going around a chimp sanctuary in Africa.

In August 2023, at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust sanctuary in Zambia, a…

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel of the teeth of 18-million-year-old fossilized mammals from Kenya’s Rift Valley, opening a window into how these animals lived and evolved.

In their new paper in…

Northrop Grumman launched two satellites in 2019 and 2020 that accomplished the first dockings in geosynchronous orbit. Northrop’s satellites, which it calls Mission Extension Vehicles, took control of two aging commercial communications satellites running low on fuel, maneuvering them to new…