Category: 7. SciTech

The appearance of strange ‘islands’ bristling with reeds on the drying playa of Utah’s Great Salt Lake may finally have an explanation.

A vast, natural network of underground plumbing emerges from the depths, piping in fresh water that feeds mounds where plant life can thrive, according to…

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of over a dozen humans in Peru dated to around 400BC, buried face down with their hands tied behind…

In 1964, a San Diego high-school student named Randy Gardner took part in a science fair project and went without sleep for just over 11 days.

On day 2 of the experiment, Gardner experienced memory lapse. By day seven he was experiencing vivid hallucinations, and by day 11 he was incoherent,…

A new drug has been found to significantly lower blood pressure in people with dangerously high levels despite taking several existing…

Researchers have documented the severe health effects of onion ingestion by a house cat, shedding more light on the precarious nature of some…

A “remarkable” Bronze Age hoard, unearthed on land earmarked for football pitches, is set to go on public display next summer.

Named the…