Category: 7. SciTech

A field in the Scottish countryside near the Solway Firth was likely the world’s oldest football pitch, a historian has claimed.

The field was…

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike – with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows.

At first glance, Persian cats and pugs don’t seem like they’d have much in common. One’s a cat, the other’s a dog, separated by 50…

New analysis of a 100-million-year-old fossil embedded in a rocky cove in Australia suggests echidnas may have evolved from swimming ancestors.

That’s basically unheard of: While there are many examples of land-dwelling mammals evolving into a more aquatic lifestyle, it seems that at some…

An invasive lizard species that looks as if its head was dunked in bright orange mac-and-cheese powder is taking over Florida.

Peter’s rock…

A new scientific breakthrough could reshape how the world responds to deadly snakebites. Thanks to antibodies found in the blood of a man who has spent nearly two decades building immunity to snake venom, the ultimate snake antivenom could be well within reach.

Tim Friede, a former…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on the ground this season, including ending federal door-to-door canvassing of survivors in disaster areas, WIRED has learned.

A memo reviewed by WIRED, dated May 2 and addressed to regional…

Love may be a smoke made with the fume of sighs, according to William Shakespeare. But, it is men that inhale that smoke first,…

You’re just dropping off to sleep and you hear that familiar sound of the carpet being excavated by your canine companion. So, why do dogs dig the carpet and circle before grabbing some zzzzzs?

The most likely reason is an evolutionary one. While your dog might be used to luxuriating in a cosy…

You’re just dropping off to sleep and you hear that familiar sound of the carpet being excavated by your canine companion. So, why do dogs dig the carpet and circle before grabbing some zzzzzs?

The most likely reason is an evolutionary one. While your dog might be used to luxuriating in a cosy…

A team of biotech startups has announced a bold new project to develop lab-grown leather inspired by one of the most iconic dinosaurs in natural history, the T. rex.

The initiative is a collaboration between three companies: The Organoid Company in the Netherlands, UK-based Lab-Grown…