Category: 7. SciTech

Almost two decades of research shows strong evidence of long-term friendship among African starlings, a discovery that sheds fresh light on…

Earth’s core is rich with gold, and it’s leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found.

A new study of isotopes found in the volcanic rock that oozed out from deep under the lithosphere has revealed precious metals in Earth’s crust, including gold, initially leaked…

Scientists have caught the intricate dance of cardiac cells coming together to build a heart, in a mesmerizing new timelapse taken during the development of a mouse embryo.

The images were captured using a technique called light-sheet microscopy (LSM). Essentially, LSM involves scanning a…

Researchers in China have developed a pair of contact lenses that can help people see infrared light, potentially giving wearers functional night vision. The lenses were tested on both mice and humans, and the results suggest this technology could one day replace bulky night vision…

Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia’s wackiest animals. They’re mammals, which means they feed their young milk, but only after the puggle (that’s the word for a newborn echidna) hatches from an egg.

Now, biologists from the University of Adelaide in Australia have taken…

For decades, LSD has been associated with vivid hallucinations and counterculture movements. But now, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a way to tweak this powerful compound into something far more therapeutic, and far less trippy. The team says it has…

A newly discovered species of bacteria has been found living aboard China’s Tiangong space station, and scientists say it may be uniquely adapted to survive the extreme conditions of space. Named Niallia tiangongensis, the microbe was detected on the cockpit controls inside the…

Archaeologists have found never-before-seen tattoos on the cheeks and arms of an 800-year-old Andean mummy, shedding more light on ancient

Beneath the muddy creek beds of Mississippi, scientists recently discovered the fossil of a terrifying prehistoric monster. While collecting sediment and rock samples just south of Starkville, a team of geologists stumbled upon the massive vertebra of a mosasaur, an ancient marine…

A seagull eyeing your lunch or ice cream is unlikely to try to steal it if not part of a flock, scientists have found.

Due to an instinct known…