Category: 7. SciTech

As you may have heard via a barrage of internet memes, evolution can’t get enough of crab-like forms. The body shape of crabs has arisen on many separate occasions in natural history, in a phenomenon known as ‘carcinization’.

However, one feature sets true crabs (Brachyura) apart from their…

The UK’s Advanced Research and Innovation Agency (ARIA) was established in 2023 with the goal of pursuing “high-risk, high-reward” moonshots in sectors ranging from bolstering food security to new ways of ramping up human immunity.

With more than £1 billion (about $1.3 billion) worth of…

I am a clumsy guy. If there are sharp corners nearby, I’ll bash into them. If there’s a surface underfoot with even a light…

There’s been a lot of buzz in recent years about bee cognition, but not all scientists are convinced.

Given how skilled these insects are at pattern perception, some suspected that experiments involving bees and numbers don’t demonstrate facility with numbers at all, but an ability to…

The latest brain-computer interface could help people recover from severe depression. Motif Neurotech announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a human study to trial the company’s blueberry-sized brain implant that sits in the skull and delivers electrical…

War had already darkened Tehran’s skies by March 8. When rain began to fall, residents said it was thick, foul-smelling and dark in color. Some described it as black rain, coating streets, rooftops, and cars in sootlike residue.

That night, Israel had struck more than 30 oil facilities in Iran….