Category: 7. SciTech

Some pre-packaged foods, such as pasta and rice, are staples that many of us eat as part of a balanced diet. Others, such as crisps and sugary snacks, are clearly not health foods. But for some packaged and processed foods, the claims on the label can make it hard to decide what’s healthy and…

Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from the world’s oceans.

And, during that time, it hunted anything and everything that crossed its path. It didn’t distinguish: if it was large enough to be a snack, megalodon…

Alien plants and animals cost Europe over $1.5 trillion in the last six decades, according to a new study, indicating the global economic…

Statistically, men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with about 18 million more men living with the condition worldwide. This doesn’t tell the whole story. When women do get a diagnosis, they’re often older and have a higher body fat mass. They’re also more…

If you look at the Milky Way through a powerful telescope, you’ll notice that close to the center of the galaxy there are elongated filaments that seem to outline its spiral shape. Scientists have a nickname for these structures: “galactic bones.” Recently, astronomers found that one of…

Sobriety is becoming cool. Gen Z, in particular, is less likely to drink than generations before them.

Drinking rates among US adults under the age of 34 have fallen by 10 percentage points over the last 20 years, from 72 to 62 per cent, according to Gallup polling.

In the UK, recent health…

Tiny, fuzzy blobs. I’ve spent a lot of time in the last few years looking at images of tiny, fuzzy blobs. They’re only ever a few pixels wide, like smudges on a photo, but they could be the key that unlocks the mystery of dark matter.

The blobs are galaxies: swirling pools of stars and…

Almost two decades of research shows strong evidence of long-term friendship among African starlings, a discovery that sheds fresh light on…

Earth’s core is rich with gold, and it’s leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found.

A new study of isotopes found in the volcanic rock that oozed out from deep under the lithosphere has revealed precious metals in Earth’s crust, including gold, initially leaked…

Scientists have caught the intricate dance of cardiac cells coming together to build a heart, in a mesmerizing new timelapse taken during the development of a mouse embryo.

The images were captured using a technique called light-sheet microscopy (LSM). Essentially, LSM involves scanning a…