Category: 7. SciTech

Theories about the origins of life on Earth, as well as where our water came from, have been spinning around scientific circles for decades. One of the longest running theories is that water was found around our star, prevalent in the outer reaches of our solar system in its early…

Most car journeys these days seem to involve some kind of traffic jam, road works or random hazard slowing down your day. But it could be worse. Much worse.

For instance, how about edging along a mountain pass with another car coming towards you, where one wrong move could end in…

Final results from a long-running U.S. experiment have revealed that a tiny particle continues to act strangely, which scientists say is good…

Fruit flies are interesting little creatures. On top of being extremely invasive and annoying to deal with, they also have a bit of a super power when it comes to drugs: they don’t like cocaine for any reason. That’s a bit of of a problem for scientists as fruit flies are a easy to…

Recent federal funding cuts are hitting climate research hard. The losses will hamper progress, Harvard environmental scientists say, but they won’t stop it.

The Trump administration has cancelled millions in research grants, shuttered key climate monitoring programs, and made deep cuts to…

Eating a daily serving of chickpeas could significantly lower cholesterol levels, according to new research presented at the NUTRITION 2025 conference in Orlando.

The 12-week study, conducted by researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology, investigated the effects of eating one cup of…

In December 2010, Michael Faherty died in his home in Galway, Ireland. His body was found burned and the fireplace was lit, but…

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a massive fault line stretching from northern California to British Columbia, has been eerily quiet for 300 years. When it finally ruptures, it’s expected to trigger a colossal earthquake that could rattle the Pacific Northwest for minutes. 

Even worse, tsunami…

Scientists have developed a special pen that analyses hand movements using artificial intelligence to detect early signs of Parkinson’s,…

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has broken the record for the oldest, most distant galaxy detected to date by humans.

In a preprint study, still awaiting peer review and publication in a journal, astronomers describe this primitive galaxy, giving it the name…