Category: 7. SciTech

Archaeologists have found over 30 graves from the Viking era near Aarhus, Denmark, including a “very rare” coffin of an “important…

Scientists believe they’ve discovered a ‘ghost’ plume for the first time.

Rising from Earth’s core beneath Oman, the unusually elusive column of hot rock shows no surface volcanic activity, unlike typical plumes.

With or without visible disruption on the surface, mantle plumes are thought to…

A doctor in Florida has used a robot to remotely perform surgery on a cancer patient…

There’s been a lot of discussion over the years about what the universe is made up of. While some argue that dark matter is holding it together, while others argue dark matter doesn’t exist, despite us possibly detecting dark matter a time or two. What is more intriguing, though,…

If you’re a pet owner, there has likely been at least one instance where you’ve looked at your dog or cat and thought, “I really wish I could understand you.” Maybe it’s when they wake you up at four in the morning jumping on your chest, meowing like the world is ending. Or…

Astronomers have uncovered what they say just might be the heaviest black hole we’ve ever seen. The “ultramassive” black hole is located at the center of a galaxy nearly six billion light years away. Based on measurements, astronomers say that the black hole weighs as much as 36…

Researchers have created a new 2D carbon material that is actually stronger than graphene. The material was created by researchers at Rice University, and they say that it is strong enough to prevent cracks from forming easily, and that it can absorb more energy before…

Mosquitoes are infamously the world’s deadliest animal, killing up to a million people every year via the diseases they spread, such as malaria and dengue fever.

 In the UK, however, our 36 native mosquito species pose little in the way of threat, so they don’t feature in the three-way tie…

Have you ever been out to dinner with friends, or on a walk through your favourite park, and found yourself curiously unmoved by any of it? The atmosphere is great, the food is good, the weather is beautiful – but you find no pleasure in what should be a distinctly pleasurable experience.

The…