Category: 7. SciTech

The world’s oldest human mummies were preserved using smoke drying techniques 10,000 years ago, new research has found.

A study of dozens of…

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as far back as…

If you have a problem, TikTok probably has a solution—or several. Trouble sleeping? The app is full of “sleep hacks,” with…

The increase in ADHD diagnoses among peri- and postmenopausal women is likely due to to a combination of hormonal changes and better recognition of how ADHD presents in women.

During perimenopause and menopause, women experience significant fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone, which not…

An endangered orca in Washington state has once again been observed carrying her deceased newborn calf, in what appears to be a poignant…

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media, she worked as a geoenvironmental consultant and…

Every so often, the ocean’s abyss reveals to us a creature so haunting as to inspire nightmares.

And then, there’s the bumpy snailfish: an absolutely adorable, pink, knobbly critter shaped like an oversized tadpole, whose googly eyes and absent-minded smile surely merit a place in the next…

May I have your attention, please? I’ll try and be quick, as I probably only have about 47 seconds before your mind starts wandering. That, according to psychologist Dr Gloria Mark, from the University of California, Irvine, is now our average attention span, based on her latest study of…