Category: 7. SciTech

Switching to a vegan diet can help…

Scientists have caught ancient parasitic fungi in the act of bursting from insect hosts, in dramatic scenes frozen in amber.

Dating back almost 100 million years, these two specimens are among the oldest evidence of ‘zombie’ fungus, second only to one early-Cretaceous species discovered back…

When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from the evidence we have already that this might not be the case, as the fossil records just…

NASA and others have been wanting to get humans to Mars for decades at this point. However, actually getting us there is still far from feasible, despite all of Elon Musk’s talk about putting boots on the ground within the next 20 years. There’s still much we don’t know about…

Mars may look like a sphere, but it’s actually a triaxial ellipsoid. Unlike any other rocky planet in the Solar System, it’s shaped rather like a rugby ball, but with different sizes along all three axes.

This is most evident as a prominent bulge in elevation in the Tharsis Rise region and…

The brain is a complex organ. Not only is it made up of multiple parts, all of which have important roles to play in processing information, but the way that the brain learns can also change based on what activities you’re taking part in.

For the longest time, the act of zoning out…

The high seas of the dinosaur era were teeming with a plethora of squids, a new study has found.

Using a new technique for analyzing fossils locked away in chunks of rock, paleontologists in Japan and Germany have discovered a huge number of fossilized cephalopod beaks in a…

Although they were originally developed to treat diabetes, the rise of drugs like Ozempic has sparked a weight-loss revolution.

While growing in popularity to help people with a high body mass index, the effects of these drugs have brought about a new cosmetic concern: ‘Ozempic face’.

The…

Health experts tend to go back and forth on whether or not caffeine is actually good for you, or how much you should ingest every day. No matter which side you land on, there’s no arguing that a cup of caffeine (in the form of coffee or any other liquid) has become a big part of many…

Netflix lets you download TV shows and movies to play while you’re offline, but there are limits in place (100 active downloads per device). The app only lets you grab a specific number of episodes or movies, and they expire after a while. Also, the smartphone, tablet, or laptop…