Category: 7. SciTech

The imprint of a human-like figure on the Shroud of Turin may have come from a shallow sculpture and not an actual person, according to a new…

A colossal stick insect found living in the highland rainforest of northeastern Australia could be the chonkiest (read: heaviest) bug the continent has to offer.

Acrophylla alta, as the species has been named, weighs up to 44 grams (1.6 ounces) – comparable to a golf ball. In length, it…

Microscopic grains of alien dust buried in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean could be evidence of a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago.

This hypothetical event, known as the Younger Dryas impact, was invoked to explain a sudden, 1,200-year period of rapid cooling…

It’s two o’clock in the morning and you find yourself awake, thinking about that leftover pizza you’ve got in the fridge. But…

On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune will be visible through a very strong pair of…

A new ocean expedition in the South Pacific has revealed striking new images of more than a dozen ships sunk during key World War II battles.

The mushroom cloud was visible from the hills of neighboring prefectures. Those who were beyond the immediate blast radius may not have shown any external injuries immediately—but they commonly became sick and died in the days, weeks, months, and years that followed.

And those outside the city…

In 1938, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, who had fled to New York to escape fascism, discovered a material in which a process of this type occurred: uranium. Fearing that the Nazis might also discover this element’s capability of producing a chain reaction, the Manhattan Project was born in…

Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they communicate to show real intention? A new study…

A single course of psychotherapy can provide relief for years to people suffering from debilitating back pain, according to a new study.

The…