Category: 7. SciTech

This year has seen a number of artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted interest for some…

A single-dose vaccine for HIV and Covid-19 could be developed by combining two different immune system stimulants, new research has suggested….

The earliest ankylosaur on the fossil record sported the most extreme adornments ever seen in a vertebrate animal, even other ankylosaurs.

Spicomellus afer, which lived during the Middle Jurassic more than 165 million years ago, wore spikes not just along its body and on its clubbed tail, but…

If you’re hunting for fun facts and quirky trivia to impress your friends, kids or family, you’ve landed in the right place. Below you’ll discover 121 interesting facts that will change the way you look at the world – and even the Universe beyond.

So buckle up: whether you want to amuse…

Scientists have taken a major step towards solving one of biology’s deepest mysteries: how two pieces of life’s essential molecules first came together more than four billion years ago.

Proteins, constructed from chains of amino acids, are the workhorses of life, comprising tissues and…

Elon Musk and his SpaceX team can breathe a collective sigh of relief. After days of postponements, Starship was finally able to launch its tenth test could flight from the launch pad in Starbase, Texas.

SpaceX’s largest and most powerful rocket lifted off this Tuesday, August 26 at 7:30pm ET,…

The top IQs ever recorded are between 200 and 250 IQ – but what exactly does that mean? Well, intelligence quotient (IQ) is used to measure a person’s level of, you guessed it, intelligence.

Scores are gathered by participants completing standardised tests that measure abilities in…

A Flower-like satellite has “bloomed” in outer space, unfolding to reveal the largest radar antenna reflector ever put into orbit. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), a joint project between the US space agency and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), launched on July…

Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies. These corpses have been strategically laid out in rows, naked as the day they were born, and left to the mercy of the elements until all that’s left of them are bones.

It sounds like a scene…

The rising acidity of Earth’s oceans is causing shark teeth to corrode and waste away.

As top predators, a shark’s teeth are its most important tool, but a new study has found that climate change is damaging and weakening them.

“They’re highly developed weapons built for cutting flesh,…