Category: 7. SciTech

Humpback whales have been documented for the first time creating large bubble rings in water during friendly interactions with humans,…

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 10th-century Viking woman in Norway who was buried in a boat grave along with her pet dog,…

An asteroid that burst onto the scene with an unusually high risk of striking Earth has just had its collision risk upgraded.

In February 2025, asteroid 2024 YR4’s maximum collision risk with our homeworld when it swoops back around in 2032 was projected to be 3.1 percent.

Now its collision…

About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by physicists and mathematicians, the theory assumed the Universe was static – unchanging,…

It’s not something people often talk about at the dinner table, but your gut health plays a huge role in your overall wellbeing. And one of the most common conditions affecting the large intestine is diverticular disease.

Diverticular disease or diverticulosis is where small bulges or pouches…

You may hear references to playing the world’s smallest violin when someone is being overly whiny or wallowing in self-pity, and now scientists have turned the joke into an actual microscopic object.

Physicists at Loughborough University in the UK deployed the latest in nanolithography…

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research on Tuesday that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined.

Scientists monitoring the world’s largest penguin species used…

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for thousands of years.

Found in my home state of Utah, “Pando” is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has started consolidating dozens of its social media accounts. It’ll archive platforms…

Humpback whales are some of the most intelligent creatures humans have ever had the chance to observe. However, researchers have encountered a bit of a conundrum with these massive sea-bound creatures. According to studies published in the past few years, humpback whales may be trying…