Category: 7. SciTech

Space around Earth is becoming increasingly crowded. Starlink is in part to blame, as SpaceX continues to launch hundreds of these microsatellites into orbit. However, all satellites have a natural enemy in space—solar energy. As solar storms increase in frequency, they’re having a…

More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring Andromeda would collide in four billion years, resulting…

Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, wrote a chapter on swearing for his book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” (2007).

The content of swear words…

David Liu has been having a good run.

On May 15, the New England Journal of Medicine published what has become a high-profile case of a 5-month-old boy called KJ with a deadly genetic disorder, who became the first to receive a personalized CRISPR gene-editing treatment. The therapy was…

Drinking sugary beverages raises the risk of type 2 diabetes more than eating sugary foods, claims a new study

The research, from Brigham Young University (BYU) in the US, found that sugary drinks – including sodas and fruit juices – were associated with a higher risk of developing the…

Deep below the surface of the ocean, a “lost city” rises from the depths. This so-called city is a combination of massive columns and carbonate walls, the result of hydrothermal activity within the area. It’s all part of a 700-meter-long (2,300 feet) section of seafloor that…

Archealistgists may have finally figured out the origin of a vast network of ridges and canals in Southern Iraq.

New evidence suggests that the…

Archaeologists have discovered that the ancestors of the Tibetan people, including a mysterious group known as the “ghost” population, came…

Brain-computer interface startup Paradromics today announced that surgeons successfully inserted the company’s brain implant into a patient and safely removed it after about 10 minutes.

It’s a step toward longer trials of the device, dubbed Connexus. It’s also the latest commercial…

Fostering curiosity and being eager to learn into old age can protect against the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study…