Category: 7. SciTech

Tiny flatworms which usually live in ponds, rivers and streams could replace lab rats in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, drug…

People often credit my good handwriting to my Catholic school education—like a nun with a ruler and a taste for corporal punishment perfected my penmanship. But that’s not why. It’s because of my mom. An engineer by trade, she can execute the kind of perfect block letters that only come…

Esteban Amaro, director of the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Network, agrees that fuel is the best product to focus on. Processing the seaweed into other consumer products is possible, but inadvisable given that the health risks of doing so have not yet been sufficiently studied.

“I believe…

One of the biggest factors that determines where fat is stored in your body is your sex. Men tend to store fat around their abdomen, whereas women are more likely to store it on their thighs, bums and hips.

“From the point of view of childbirth and child-rearing, having energy reserves in…

A small adjustment to one’s walking style can ease osteoarthritis pain as effectively as medication and delay the need for knee surgery by…

Deadly cloudbursts are wreaking havoc across mountainous regions of India and Pakistan, with intense, sudden deluges proving fatal in both…

Have you ever been part of a large group project? You might assume that with more people involved, the work gets done better and faster.

However, as more team members join the group, the effectiveness of each individual doesn’t increase. It doesn’t even stay constant – it gets worse. Many…

Being asked ‘how old are you?’ used to be a simple question to answer. If you weren’t sure, you could always just count the candles on your birthday cake. The candles may no longer tell you the whole story, however.

That’s according to a growing group of scientists who claim that you…