Category: 7. SciTech

Performing high-intensity yoga twice a week is the most effective exercise regimen to improve sleep quality, according to a new review of…

A shark with a striking orange appearance caused by a rare skin condition has been caught…

They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but a chunk of ‘rock’ used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by almost anyone’s standards.

A woman discovered the 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone in a stream bed in southeast Romania, brought it home, and used it as a doorstop.

Her…

If Australia is renowned for one thing, it’s the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent.

The three most venomous snakes in the world are from Australia (with a few others in the top 10).

It has some of the most venomous spiders, with the Sydney funnel-web (Atrax…

A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean’s blue-grey waters that’s baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphered by oceanographers.

Mapping concentrations of phytoplankton and biogeochemical compounds…

Back in February 2024, astronomers witnessed something very strange happening in a galaxy 300 light-years away from Earth.

Erupting from the supermassive black hole located in its heart were huge flares of X-ray light, 10 times brighter than anything seen like it before and emitting 100 times…

The diamonds formed under extreme pressure and heat deep in the Earth’s mantle. If you find one, it will most likely look like a metallic or glassy pebble rather than a sparkly cut gem that you might picture in your mind. The volcanic soil also contains amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, and…

The simulation made it possible to appreciate how a human embryo does not merely adhere to the uterine lining, but actively inserts itself. “We observe that the embryo pulls on the uterine matrix, moving and reorganizing it,” explained Amélie Godeau, coauthor of the research, which was…