Category: 7. SciTech

For 75,000 years, the remnants of a diverse ecosystem of Ice Age animals have lain hidden in the shelter of Arne Qvam Cave in Norway.

Scientists have only just begun to grasp the full scope of its contents, which are the oldest evidence we have describing the diversity of animals that…

Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master movements through practice — a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes.

For decades, neuroscientists have known that these tasks require a cluster of brain areas known as the basal ganglia.

According to a new study in…

The punched card, a paper instrument invented 300 years ago to automate looms, helped create a technology that most of us today can’t live without: computers.

A new Houghton Library exhibition — “The Punched Card from the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age” — on view in…

At the risk of stating the obvious, hydration is thirsty work right now. Perhaps you’ve noticed the endless TikTok videos on the subject. Or the sports drinks flooding the market, promising scientifically engineered liquids that increase your ‘performance’ like the oil in a car.

Then there…

Whisky by-products and fungi have been used to create compostable packaging tipped as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic.

Arbikie Distillery…

The genes of great white sharks defy scientific explanation.

An animal’s genome can be deeply revealing, but ever since researchers started decoding great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) DNA more than 20 years ago, their discoveries have raised more questions than answers.

In 2024, a Continue Reading

The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with San Francisco–based startup Piramidal to develop a large-scale AI model that will be used to monitor patients’ brain health in intensive care units.

Instead of being trained on text, the system is based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, which is…

The remains of a British meteorologist who died in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier, the British Antarctic…