Category: 7. SciTech

The towering inferno that burnt down multiple high-rises and killed dozens of people in Hong Kong was fuelled by…

Our personal genomes (the genetic information of an organism) are littered with the remnants of viruses that infected our ancestors.

But fear not. These viruses aren’t infectious, like the ones that cause COVID-19 or the common cold, but rather sequences that have silently become integrated…

A significant collection of new archaeological discoveries has been unveiled in southeast Turkey, offering fresh insights into a pivotal period…

How much of the ocean is just whale pee? It’s not true that the seas are salty because of whale pee, although a single fin whale can produce as much as 250 gallons of urine a day.

Admittedly, no one’s worked out the exact volume urinating cetaceans add to the oceanic mix, but what marine…

When your mom told you to stop crossing your eyes as a kid or they’d stay stuck that way, was she right? Don’t tell her we said…

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or so researchers analysing Neolithic rubbish have found.

Archaeologists spend much of their…

In response to questions on its two-phase cooling products from WIRED, including whether or not the company planned to submit chemicals for fast-tracked consideration under the administration’s new data center exemption, Chemours spokesperson Cassie Olszewski said the company is “in the…

When most people think about donating body parts to science or medicine, they might think of life-saving donations of organs, tissues or blood….