Category: 7. SciTech

Temperatures are set to climb to as high as 35C in the latest heatwave to hit parts of the UK.

So what is causing it and what are the…

What’s the best way to stroke a cat? Answer: probably not the way you’re doing it. Although you may think petting is a proven way to bond with your moggy, there’s no guarantee they’ll enjoy this physical contact.

As Dr Lauren Finka, cat behavioural expert from Nottingham Trent University,…

The immune system is complicated. Made up of a large network of cells, proteins and organs, it is the metaphorical last line of defence between your body and infections. So, with such an important role, you want to keep it safe.

But how do you do that? Like many other important parts of our…

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a new kind of material that doesn’t just sit there. It actually lives, grows, and pulls carbon dioxide straight from the air. This living material was designed in collaboration across biology, chemistry, and engineering disciplines and could…

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a special number…

Scientists have identified specific brain cells which respond most to exercise, an advance that could lead to a pill to boost the benefits

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age Belgian woman and found that she had blue eyes and a dark complexion, shedding more…

Which animal has the sharpest teeth? Shout out to the extinct ‘chainsaw shark’ (Helicoprion) which receives an honourable mention, because it had, what looks like a circular saw jutting out from its bottom jaw.

Terrifying? Yes, but its gnashers were not as piercing as that of another group of…

We know that the world and its various inhabitants, from plants to animals, are still evolving. In fact, some even believe that humans are actively evolving in different parts of the world right now. But a group of plants found in the Galápagos archipelago might be doing the opposite…

Over the last decade, Earth’s oceans have been warming at unprecedented rates, yet one mysterious blob of water, just south of Greenland, has defied this trend. It has stubbornly remained colder than its surrounding waters for over a century now.

“People have been asking why this cold spot…