Category: 7. SciTech

The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska. The fault is thought to have been dormant for 40 million years, but that thinking is challenged by a new study that suggests a major earthquake may be…

You say potato, I say tomato?

Turns out one helped create the other: Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud around nine million years ago, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Cell.

Co-author…

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

A few years later, the four-story wall of water was confirmed to be the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded.

Such an extraordinary event is thought to happen only once…

Americans love potatoes. And while we love our tater tots, our hash browns, and not-so-French french fries, the delicious vegetable’s origins…

When I started studying honeybees in 1998, I quickly noticed just how much people loved them. I also realised that people’s knowledge rarely extended beyond “bees make honey” and “they live in hives”.

Sometimes there would be mention of beeswax or queen bees, but in general, the love…

Sharks with frickin’ lasers are tired news. Peacocks, apparently, are where it’s truly at.

Famous for their dazzling iridescence, peacock feathers are known to contain nanostructures that scatter light in ways that make their plumage shimmer in hues of blue and green.

Applying a special dye to…

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes.

The federal government has historically had a major influence on vaccine policy…

The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase was when surgeons at the few hospitals still operational on the Strip reported that wounds were no longer closing.

“There’s so much traumatic injury, like blast wounds and…

A new technology could enable doctors to use microorganisms to diagnose and treat disease from inside the gut microbiome in future, according to a recent study.

Scientists genetically engineered bacteria to emit and respond to light signals, so they could communicate with them via a smartphone…

If you’re reading this at your desk, feeling a little tired and wondering where the weekend went, the idea of a four-day work week probably sounds pretty appealing. Just imagine what you could do with an extra day – finally tackle those odd jobs, get outside or simply catch up on sleep.

The…