Category: 7. SciTech

The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which served as the inspiration for the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us,…

We often hear about how ageing can affect sleep. And it’s true that as we get older, sleep can suffer. Changing circadian rhythms, nocturia – an increased need to pee in the night – and anxiety or chronic health conditions can all affect its quality as we age. 

But let’s flip the coin…

In 1935, in the labs of Cornell University, a discovery was made that should have taken the world by storm.

It was all thanks to Prof Clive McCay, an American nutritionist, and a group of rats. Or rather, several groups of rats – McCay had split the rodents up, allowing some to eat as much as…

A commonly sold cough syrup in Europe could potentially slow down progression of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease, a new study…

Scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool which can accurately diagnose damage to cars following an accident and organise…

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a special number…

Killer whales sometimes offer to share their prey with people, a new study finds, hinting that some intelligent orcas may be attempting to…

For years, scientists were puzzled by a strange part of the ocean just south of Greenland that didn’t behave like the rest of the planet. While ocean temperatures across the globe have climbed steadily, this region, nicknamed the Atlantic Warming Hole, has cooled by nearly half a…

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, stripe-covered rocks found in the northeastern reaches of Canada. These rocks appear to contain some of the oldest minerals that we’ve ever catalogued. This outcropping…

Some so-called ‘thermal’ till receipts contain bisphenols (including BPA and BPS) as a result of the way they’re printed. In the UK, BPA receipts are banned, but BPS receipts are not.

A 2023 estimate of US receipts suggested that 80 per cent contain BPAs.

Is that a problem? BPAs are commonly…