Category: 7. SciTech

A rarely spotted “supergiant” crustacean related to woodlice is actually a common inhabitant of the sea floor, a new study finds.

The…

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its wielder to damage…

Scientists in Germany have engineered a major leap forward in solar panel design by devising plans for ultra-thin solar panels that are up to 1,000 times more efficient than conventional silicon models. The key is a new crystal-layering technique that could drastically change how we…

You, along with all living things, produce subtle, ethereal, semi-visible light that glows until you die, according to a recent study.

You would be forgiven for jumping to the conclusion that this spooky luminescence is evidence that auras exist, or something similar.

But Dr Daniel Oblak,…

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with around 1 in 8 men being diagnosed in their lifetime – now including former US President Joe Biden. But not all prostate cancers are life-threatening – in fact, many are so slow-growing that they’ll never cause harm.

“There are…

Scientists at CERN have built a shipping container capable of transporting antimatter out of the laboratory for the first time.

A team from…

Scientists examining a rare fossil found in Canada’s Burgess Shale have discovered a predator with three eyes that lived over 500 million…

A single case of atypical BSE has been found in a cow on a farm in Essex, officials have said.

The case of atypical bovine spongiform…

War zones, microplastics and light pollution are emerging threats to the world’s bee population, scientists have warned.

Bee…

A strange artefact unearthed by a thirteen-year-old while on a trek in Haifa, north of Israel, has turned out to be a rare ancient Roman ring…