Category: 7. SciTech

A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land…

It takes more than a year for the postpartum body to settle to its new normal after giving birth – much longer than a three-month ‘fourth trimester’.

That’s according to a recent study by biologists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Helen Schneider Women’s Hospital in Israel, and…

The urge to become invisible goes back a long way. Hunters and soldiers have been finding ways to camouflage themselves for centuries, but scientists are edging closer to truly making things invisible.

Modern stealth tech can not only shield planes from radar, but can also conceal high heat…

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in Tanzania. Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps, and they suspect it could live for as long as 3,000 years.

In 2019, botanist Andrea…

Despite being part of our own solar system, Neptune has long been a cosmic mystery. It’s the most distant planet from the Sun and also one of the least explored. Only one spacecraft—Voyager 2—has ever flown by it, and even our most powerful telescopes have struggled to reveal…

People across the UK looked to the skies on Saturday to witness a partial solar eclipse.

The celestial event, which happens when the Moon…

Skygazers have gathered across the UK to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse.

The phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing and building trade groups against a New York City…

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, early Friday, sending tremors as far as Bangkok, some 800 miles (1,300…

The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth, and now we can see it—literally. As rising temperatures accelerate the pace of Arctic glacier retreat, nearly 2,500 kilometers of new coastline have emerged in just two decades.

According to a study, Greenland alone accounts…