Category: 7. SciTech

Memorial Day Weekend upon us and summer 2025 unofficially arrives with it. Many of us will now be spending significantly more time

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists.

The symbolic find of…

The recent social media-driven fad of taping one’s mouth shut while sleeping to prevent mouth breathing could pose a serious risk of…

Taking vitamin D3 supplements daily could prevent years of biological ageing, according to a new study that could lead to promising strategies…

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study suggested Wednesday.

The exact origin of teeth – and what they were for – has long proved…

Floridians hoping to kick off summer with a relaxing beach day might want to check the shoreline first. A record-breaking bloom of seaweed is drifting toward the coast, and it could bring more than just a mess. The culprit is Sargassum, a brown floating algae that turns unpleasant fast…

The quest for scientific truth leads Harvard researchers to a wide array of pursuits: sea slugs that steal body parts from other animals, microwave resonator telescopes powerful enough to detect traces of the Big Bang, and lab-grown human kidneys.

These are examples of seven novel research…

The Enhanced Games—a kind of Olympics for athletes who are doping—today announced the date and venue for its first competition: May 21-24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas.

Athletes competing in the event will be allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs like testosterone and anabolic…

Fruit flies, one of the most studied organisms in science, are efficient little creatures, able to navigate their environment with agility. They were also one of the first animals to be manipulated by geneticists.

A new study, published last month by PNAS, exploited these qualities by…

Even if the world meets the international goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, the consequences of the climate change crisis may still be far more severe than expected. A new study warns that sea levels are set to rise faster than humanity can adapt, posing a long-term threat to…