Category: 7. SciTech

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska…

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University has set off alarm bells about the future of academic research, warning that the publication of fraudulent science is growing at a faster rate than that of legitimate research.

Over the last four centuries, an implicit contract has been…

Hate to break it to you, but warfare’s about to go all Black Mirror. You see, nations aren’t just stockpiling missiles anymore – they’re instead investing in invisible beams, terrifying mind machines and guns that scream.

So, forget about boots on the ground. These are the strangest,…

As you scroll through this article, your brain is hard at work creating the mental world you live in. You probably have a seamless sense that you’re embedded in a world full of other people, objects, and your own thoughts. 

By the time you’ve read this sentence, your brain will have rapidly…

Fast-tracking a NASA plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon may sound dubious. Experts say that’s because it is.

“The whole…

Four new species of tarantula have been discovered – and if they knew the name they were going to get, they might have presented themselves sooner.

The males are so well-endowed that scientists essentially named them the ‘genital king.’

Spiders don’t really have penises, in the traditional…

A hidden tectonic fault in Canada’s Yukon could be gearing up to unleash a major earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5, according to a new study.

The Tintina fault, which runs from northeastern British Columbia through to central Alaska, has been quietly accumulating strain for at least 12,000…

WindBorne’s balloons, in contrast, can collect and distribute data from remote regions. That makes them more adaptive, and especially useful for monitoring atmospheric rivers that bring extreme precipitation to coastal regions, said Glackin. “I’d like to see them in the suite of observing…