Category: 7. SciTech

There are more animal gamers than you might think. In California, for example, US Navy sea lions have been trained to navigate an on-screen cursor through a maze, using their snouts to press four buttons (up, down, left and right).

The sea lions, which the Navy uses to locate and recover objects…

“From the outset, the Global Gateway has been described as the European Union’s attempt to rival the Belt and Road Initiative’s overseas infrastructure investment funds. At €300 billion through 2027, however, it is a David-versus-Goliath-style undertaking,” says Gabriele Rosana, an…

Covid-19 vaccines are about to become widely available again across the United States, following several weeks of confusion around who would be able to get them this fall. Uncertainty over federal vaccine policy had caused a temporary patchwork of access across the country, with shots being…

Astronomers have discovered a significant “growth spurt” in a rogue planet outside of our solar system.

The free-floating…

A growing trend of injecting the blood of other drug users to get a quick high, a practice called “bluetoothing”, has been contributing to…

Adults may find themselves unlocking long-forgotten childhood memories simply by viewing their own face through a digital ‘baby filter’, new…

Taking the pain medication tramadol along with some common antidepressants could raise seizure risk in older adults, a new study has warned.

The…

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious…

Scientists have identified a new anti-ageing drug class that works by acting on a key gut bacteria process, an advance that may lead to ways to…