Category: 7. SciTech

Eating a fibre supplement derived from oats before each meal could flush out toxic forever chemicals from the body, a new study suggests.

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A diet containing daily servings of tea, berries, apples, oranges or grapes may lower the risk of early death and promote longevity.

A new study…

Fostering curiosity and being eager to learn into old age can protect against the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study…

If you live on this planet Earth, odds are good that you’ve experienced a lightning storm in your life: a wild, crashing affair, with forks of light that split the sky, accompanied by the bone-rattling roar of thunder.

Although lightning is common here on Earth, there is still a lot we…

Putting humans on Mars has been a long-term project for both NASA and SpaceX. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has often said he plans to lead the way when it comes to settling on the Red Planet. However, new research suggests we could do more than just settle the Martian surface. It might…

Space around Earth is becoming increasingly crowded. Starlink is in part to blame, as SpaceX continues to launch hundreds of these microsatellites into orbit. However, all satellites have a natural enemy in space—solar energy. As solar storms increase in frequency, they’re having a…

More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring Andromeda would collide in four billion years, resulting…

Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, wrote a chapter on swearing for his book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” (2007).

The content of swear words…

David Liu has been having a good run.

On May 15, the New England Journal of Medicine published what has become a high-profile case of a 5-month-old boy called KJ with a deadly genetic disorder, who became the first to receive a personalized CRISPR gene-editing treatment. The therapy was…

Drinking sugary beverages raises the risk of type 2 diabetes more than eating sugary foods, claims a new study

The research, from Brigham Young University (BYU) in the US, found that sugary drinks – including sodas and fruit juices – were associated with a higher risk of developing the…