Category: 7. SciTech

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural figures worldwide could…

A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert based on two “exquisitely preserved” long fossil claws, an advance…

Still, wherever there’s mining activity, there’s potential for spills. There’s also potential for a lot of noise: Ships in particular fill the ocean around Greenland with a din that can stress and disorient fishes and marine mammals, like narwhals, seals, and whales. For vocalizing…

Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in China, shedding…

Scientists have made a potentially “life-changing” discovery that could pave the way for new drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Experts…

Scientists have recorded New Zealand’s rig sharks making noises in the world’s first documented case of active sound production by any…

In the murky depths of the ocean, one predator has a trait that exacerbates the dread it inspires as it slides through the ocean waves. Sharks have long been considered completely, eerily silent; to the point that it has become an integral part of their mythos.

This reputation may be…

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle’s two solid-fueled boosters.

Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is terminating $420 million in contracts, the space agency says are “misaligned” with…

A man who was fully paralyzed is now able to stand after receiving an injection of reprogrammed stem cells into his injured spinal cord. The result, announced by researchers in Japan, marks a rare and powerful moment in a field where progress has been cautious and uncertain.

The…