Category: 7. SciTech

Air pollution and traditional herbal medicines could be major risk factors contributing to the development of lung cancer in people with no…

Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared.

Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the Great Dying – this was the most catastrophic of the five mass extinction events recognised in the past 539 million years of our planet’s history.

Up to 94% of marine…

Cats sleep between 12 and 16 hours a day, and a new study suggests that most of them prefer to catch these Z’s while lying on their left side.

Cats are already known to prefer an elevated position when they nap, like the top of a cat tree, or somewhere in the stack of suitcases on your…

A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to continue operating the gas turbines that power the company’s Grok chatbot. The permit comes amid widespread community opposition and a looming lawsuit alleging the company violated the Clean Air…

AI can now detect tiny brain tumors often missed by MRI scans. This breakthrough research, which was conducted by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Robovision Healthcare, showcases that AI continues to be a game-changer when it comes to pushing medical innovation to new levels.

One…

The itch of a clothing tag. The seam on the inside of a sock. The tickling of hairs on the back of your neck. For many of us, it’s easy to tune out these sensations as we move through the day. But for some autistic people, everyday sensations can be intolerable. 

David Ginty knows…

Astronomers may have just discovered a new interstellar object passing through our solar system.

The object, a celestial body that is…

The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is being auctioned off later this month and could fetch up to $4 million.

One of only 400…

We’ve recently seen orcas foray into the world of fashion by wearing dead salmon as hats. Now a pair of orcas has been caught ‘French kissing’, taking their apparent mockery of human habits towards another flavor of gross.

The whales’ slobber sharing was incidentally captured by citizen…

A new study has revealed the astronomical scale of the US military’s carbon footprint – and how relatively modest budget cuts could significantly reduce it.

Published in the journal PLOS Climate, the research found that US Department of Defense (DoD) spending is tightly linked to energy…