Category: 7. SciTech

Blood vessel structures found preserved in a famous T rex fossil are helping scientists understand how dinosaurs healed from injuries.

A study…

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course of days or weeks rather than minutes – and scientists have now recorded some as they were happening.

These quakes, also known as slow slip earthquakes or just slow…

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media, she worked as a geoenvironmental consultant and…

A single jab of a breakthrough gene therapy could reverse hearing loss in people within weeks, according to new research.

The cutting-edge…

New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in the relationships of our close relatives.

“For a long time we have had a completely binary view of this issue: we thought that a species was…

Researchers have discovered a new species of pterosaur – a winged reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs 200 million years ago.

Scientists at…

One of the most notable extinction events in Earth’s history has provided us with a new discovery. Recently discovered fossils from the time period known as the “Great Dying” have revealed that the climate tipping point had likely already been crossed before the event began.

The…

If you want to buy an electric vehicle or another device with an electric motor, chances are that motor will contain a magnet made with rare-earth minerals. These are compounds like neodymium and dysprosium that are difficult to find and expensive to mine and refine.

Rare-earth minerals…

Forget what you thought you knew about alpha males: a major new study suggests that clear-cut male dominance in primate societies is far from universal – and that in many species, females hold equal power or even come out on top.

Researchers spent five years compiling data from 253 primate…