Category: 7. SciTech

Northrop Grumman launched two satellites in 2019 and 2020 that accomplished the first dockings in geosynchronous orbit. Northrop’s satellites, which it calls Mission Extension Vehicles, took control of two aging commercial communications satellites running low on fuel, maneuvering them to new…

Many of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy are small, dim red dwarfs—stars much smaller than the sun in both size and mass. TOI-6894, located far away from Earth, is one of them.

Astronomers previously thought a star like this could not have large planets circulating it, because its mass is only…

Scientists have developed a way to measure the biological age of the brain – and it turns out to be one of the most powerful predictors of future health and lifespan.

In a large new study, researchers analysed blood samples from 45,000 adults, measuring their levels of more than 3,000…

When carnivores that roam our Earth feast gleefully on the flesh of their prey, the hard, unpalatable bones are usually left behind.

But snakes can unhinge their jaws to swallow their meals whole – and, unlike other animals that pass or regurgitate the bones they cannot break down, the…

Today will be one of the shortest days of the year, all because Earth’s spin is inexplicably speeding up.

While the hours of daylight certainly last longer in the summer, the full day of 9 July 2025 will be 1.3 milliseconds shorter than average.

It takes our planet 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds,…

Earth and the rest of the Milky Way could be floating in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic void, according to new research.

By looking at the echoes left by the ‘soundwaves’ of the Big Bang, a team of astronomers discovered that our corner of the Universe could be far emptier than we first…

Over 100 people have now been confirmed to have lost their lives in the flash flooding that hit homes and camps along the edge of the Guadalupe River in the early hours of Friday morning. Meteorologists who spoke to WIRED dismissed claims that the National Weather Service failed to accurately…

Up to three in every 1,000 newborns is born with hearing loss in one or both ears. While cochlear implants have long been a life-changing option, they involve surgery and can’t fully replicate the subtlety of natural hearing. But researchers may have finally opened the door to an…

An early Neolithic timber hall has been found beneath a school in Scotland, with archaeologists believing it could have been a…

Despite their reputation as ‘killer’ whales, orcas are known to lend a helping fin by sharing their food with humans. A recent study recorded and analyzed 34 instances of prey-sharing by orcas (Orcinus orca) across two decades of observation.

Orcas, the largest members of the dolphin family,…