Category: 7. SciTech

For the past two decades, NASA has focused on identifying 90% of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet. The space agency has made steady progress in detecting dangerous asteroids that orbit close to Earth. However, new findings suggest we may have been overlooking a…

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of humans crafting tools from whale bones, dating back roughly 20,000 years.

The bones, shaped…

Parts of the United States have gotten an early taste of summer weather, as temperatures and humidity are on the rise. Summer can…

Far beneath the wavetops, down into the dark ocean depths, a rarely seen crustacean makes its home.

It’s called Alicella gigantea, and it’s the largest known species of amphipod, a shrimp-like species that is usually less than the size of your fingertip. By this measure, A. gigantea is a…

Over that period, the research team watched as the south polar region darkened going into winter and the north polar region brightened as summer approached. By observing the planet at four different points in time, years apart, they could see how the gradual shifting of the seasons affected the…

Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is at it again.

The infamous crater has been spurting fountains of lava on and off since the end of last year, and on May 25, it shot a fiery jet of molten rock over 300 meters (1,000 feet) into the sky.

The United States Geological Survey…

Most living things, including humans, rely on oxygen to survive. However, some bacteria have a completely different way of making energy. Instead of breathing oxygen, they breathe electricity.

Scientists at Rice University have just uncovered the secret behind this unusual process. In a…

When you’re asleep, the world remains awake. Thousands of nocturnal species are crawling, flying, leaping, swimming, and dancing through…

There’s a new object in the distant reaches of our solar system, and it might just offer clues to a long-standing cosmic mystery. Astronomers have cataloged a frozen minor planet called 2017 OF201, and while it might not be the elusive ninth planet that some have posited exists, its…

Egypt unveiled three new tombs of prominent statesman in the Dra Abu al-Naga necropolis in Luxor, officials said on Monday.

Archaeologists have…