Category: 7. SciTech

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

The symbolic find of…

In a first for science, researchers have observed a phenomenon that could finally explain a mystery at the heart of how lightning forms.

Known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), these short, incredibly bright bursts of radiation were spotted by a research team from the University of Osaka…

Stroke, dementia and late-life depression. They’re the heavy hitters of getting old – no one wants them, and yet they’re surprisingly common in our ageing population.

What’s more, there’s so much information out there nowadays that it can be difficult to know where to begin when it…

The remaining staff are in an “all hands on deck” situation with the rollout, says Brett Howe, the former geodetic services division chief at NGS, who opted to retire at the end of April. Despite a dedicated staff, Howe says that the loss of many in senior leadership with decades of…

A single shot of a new drug can lower cholesterol levels by up to 69 per cent, according to the initial results of a clinical trial that has not yet been peer reviewed.

The treatment, called VERVE-102, could transform the future of heart attack prevention by dramatically reducing a person’s…

Cats have a long history with humans, going back more than 9,000 years. Attracted to human settlements by the rodents that plagued (sometimes literally) our ancestors, cats ingratiated themselves as useful mousers and slowly domesticated themselves.

Farmers began to employ them as pest…

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…

Male bodybuilders are facing a high risk of sudden death from heart problems, scientists warn in a new study.

The research, published on…

It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet’s surface. This bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on China’s Tiangong space station. It has been named Niallia tiangongensis, and it inhabited the cockpit…

A rarely spotted “supergiant” crustacean related to woodlice is actually a common inhabitant of the sea floor, a new study finds.

The…