Category: 7. SciTech

Plastic pollution is harming slugs, beetles, snails and earthworms, new research has found, raising fears Britain’s entire food…

Lead poisoning may have played a role in the death of fraternal twin babies from 2,000 years ago found buried facing each other in Croatia,…

The science of predicting volcanic eruptions can genuinely save lives – potentially, a lot of lives – and researchers have shown that tree leaf colors can act as warning signals around a volcano that’s about to blow.

As volcanoes get more active and closer to an eruption, they push magma…

For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have often been considered possible signs of water on Mars. That raised hopes that the Red…

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations…

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…