Category: 7. SciTech

The recent social media-driven fad of taping one’s mouth shut while sleeping to prevent mouth breathing could pose a serious risk of…

A predator that swam Earth’s oceans more than half a billion years ago is unlike any creature that lives on our planet today.

Mosura fentoni possessed three eyes, grasped its prey with spiny claws, ate with a circular, tooth-lined maw, swam with the aid of flippers that lined either side of…

Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider’s web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk.

Led by a team at the University of Bayreuth, the project tackled a long-standing challenge in genetic…

A fresh spritz of perfume might lift your mood, but it could also interfere with your body’s natural chemical defenses, according to new research. Scientists now say that personal care products like perfume and lotion may disrupt what’s known as the human oxidation field, a…

It takes a diver with very keen eyesight to spot one of the ocean’s most adorable molluscs. This species of tiny sea slug, Costasiella kuroshimae – also known as the leaf sheep – grows, at most, to a centimetre in length (about a fingernail’s width). And they’re superbly…

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

For the last two decades, homeowners have been able to claim thousands of dollars in federal tax credits to help offset the high up-front costs of going solar. Things were supposed to stay that way through 2034….

Unfortunately, we do get less flexible as we get older. Clinicians even have a test called ‘Sit to Stand’ (measuring the ability to stand up from a chair), widely used to examine physical function and screen older people at risk of falls and frailty.

There are lots of reasons why standing up…

Penguins might be doing more for the planet than we thought when it comes to fighting climate change. According to new research, the clouds around Antarctica could be fueled by penguin poop.

Scientists have found that penguin guano releases high levels of ammonia into the atmosphere….

Cognitive decline is often seen as an unavoidable part of getting older. But new research suggests that it may not be as permanent as we once believed. A team of scientists from Brazil has identified a molecule in the brain that appears to reverse brain aging and could even cancel out…

Getting to Mars has always been a game of patience. With current propulsion technology, even the fastest missions take around seven to nine months. But a British company says it’s found a way to cut that time in half, or more.

Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based aerospace firm, has revealed the…