Category: 7. SciTech

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed imitation of human skin with living cells, an advance they say could enable cosmetic testing without the…

Archaeologists digging under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have found signs of an ancient garden that align with biblical…

Microplastics are everywhere. They’ve been found in our brains, algae in the Arctic ice, human placentas, beer, and breast milk—but now, according to one luxury clinic in London, they can be filtered out of your blood with a handy microplastic detox.

That’s the promise behind

If you’ve ever unloaded a dishwasher and found everything sparkling dry, except for that one plastic container still clinging to a puddle of water, well, you’re not alone. It’s one of those everyday mysteries that feels like it shouldn’t be so hard to solve. But as it turns…

Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs interpret scent, but thanks to a recent study, we may be getting closer to understanding what a dog’s nose actually knows.

Dogs are primed to detect smells. The average…

“Why have my fingers gone all pruney?” It’s a question that has puzzled children at bath time, teens at swimming lessons, and adults after long hot tub sessions. Scientists once thought that these…

Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine. The starting position of the pinball represents the data on the tape being fed into the Turing machine. Crucially (and unrealistically), the player must be able to adjust the ball’s starting location with…

We’ve known for decades that our closest large galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), is heading toward our galaxy, the Milky Way, at around 120km per second (approx 75 miles per second).

But until recently, astronomers were unsure whether it would score a direct hit, a near miss or…

Male roundworms are worse at learning from experience than their mates, according to a new study, often to the point of embracing life-threatening risks.

Curiously, this lack of good judgment seems to settle down once they’ve had sex, suggesting an urge to reproduce dominates the male worm’s…

A U.S. defense project meant to track underground explosions just made a surprising discovery: it can also detect rockets falling from space. While studying shockwaves rippling through the atmosphere, researchers working on DARPA’s AtmoSense project stumbled into what might be the…