Category: 7. SciTech

If you’re scrolling on Instagram, TikTok, or the more specific sub genre #CatTok you may have come across some interesting feline…

Earlier this week, health officials in Arizona confirmed a person had died from pneumonic plague. Yes, that plague – the one responsible for killing nearly half of Europe’s population in the 14th century, in what became known as the Black Death.

Meanwhile, the US is in the midst of its…

A machine that helped with the calculations behind the first moon landing has been acquired by a Scottish museum.

With the anniversary of the…

Archaeologists are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake.

The team from Switzerland and Albania,…

A new drug usually starts with a tragedy.

Peter Ray knows that. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, the child of a mechanic and a radiology technician, Ray fled with his family to South Africa during the Zimbabwean War of Liberation. He remembers the journey there in 1980 in a convoy of armored cars….

A machine that helped the calculations behind the first moon landing is to go on display in a Scottish museum.

With the anniversary of the moon…

Using cannabis could make changes to your body’s epigenetic code, research has discovered. The findings, which were published in a study in 2023, suggest that using marijuana in any way can affect the code that your body uses to switch on and off different genes. This research is…

A new study published this month has issued an urgent call for future endeavors in space exploration to take nuclear space travel seriously. Similar to a previous study which called for scientists to take terraforming Mars seriously, this new study suggests that focusing on nuclear…

The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16. Cases were almost as high in 2019, putting the country’s measles elimination status at risk. Six years ago, health officials were able to stop the spread. But amid…

Walking slightly faster than usual could significantly improve the health of older adults, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.

Specifically, scientists found that adults who were frail or at risk of being frail could improve their health and quality of life by…