Category: 7. SciTech

Astronomers have found one of the most promising indications that there could be extraterrestrial life on another planet. With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have detected what they believe could be biosignatures of marine microorganisms on K2-18b, an exoplanet located…

As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in several states, another vaccine-preventable disease is quietly spreading throughout the country.

This year, there have been at least 7,599 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, up from 3,473 cases at this time…

The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of the elusive, long-sought Higgs boson as…

Researchers say they are one step closer to finding out if life ever existed on Mars.

An international team has found “compelling evidence”…

Sets of prehistoric three-toed footprints pressed into stone have led paleontologists to discover a new dinosaur in the armored ankylosaurid family.

The trackways were found near the town of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, which became known for its ankylosaur fossils after Mark Turner…

Nearly a century after its initial discovery, scientists have captured footage of the colossal squid swimming in its natural deep sea…

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of…

Given the seeming paucity of moisture in the leftover remains of Earth’s building blocks, planetary scientists have long assumed our planet’s water supply came after it formed in a rain of hydrogen-soaked rocks and comets.

A new study by researchers from the University of Oxford and the UK’s…

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of…

In 2024, after 60 years of searching, geneticists finally identified the gene behind the marmalade coloration in domestic cats.

Two independent teams of researchers found any fiery-hued fuzz on our beloved clawed floofs is likely the result of a missing segment of DNA in a non-protein-coding…