Category: 7. SciTech

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder, a rare black moon is set to rise this weekend.

It’s expected in the early hours…

A viral particle with an unprecedentedly long ‘tail’ has been caught infecting dinoflagellate plankton in the Pacific Ocean.

The virus, PelV-1 uses its tail to attach to its intended victim while shunting its genetic material inside. In addition, Cornell University oceanographer Andrian…

The National Weather Service is preparing to deliver degraded forecasts. Scientists have been told to suspend all but essential travel. And a university-based researcher says their multimillion-dollar federal grant for climate modelling has been abruptly pulled.

This is the new reality inside…

I call shotgun!” has long been a typical battle cry when piling into a car. The term predates automobiles entirely, harkening back…

Flaunting bizarrely blobby crowns, colorful helmets, or elaborately arching hats, treehoppers would fit right in at the most outrageous fashion show.

These tiny sapsuckers have long mystified researchers with their eccentric body shapes. Now, Bristol University ecologist Sam England and…

The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning. Named Wukong AI—after the protagonist of the “Monkey King” legend in Chinese mythology, Sun Wukong—the chatbot was introduced on the space station in mid-July, and…

An ancient cow’s tooth has revealed fresh details about the mysteries of Stonehenge that have baffled scientists for centuries.

The new…

Performing high-intensity yoga twice a week is the most effective exercise regimen to improve sleep quality, according to a new review of…