Category: 7. SciTech

Want to avoid a yolky mess when hard-boiling eggs? Try dropping them in sideways. Experiments with over 200 eggs reveal they’re less likely to…

Scientists have warned of a disproportionate burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in China, with case rates increasing at a…

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual to appease the rain…

These decisions, together with concerns about future funding cuts, have led to an exodus of researchers from the United States, with scientists now seeking to continue their careers outside of the country. An analysis published in Nature found that 75 percent of American scientists surveyed were…

All 28 of the biggest cities in the United States seem to be slowly sinking, with potential implications for their 34 million residents, according to a new study.

Scientists at Virginia Tech’s Earth Observation and Innovation Lab used satellite-based radar measurements to measure sinking land…

Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400…

A newly discovered bacterium wiggling about in the mudflats of the Oregon coast could advance a new era of bioelectric devices.

It’s been named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, in honor of the First Nations Yaqo’n people local to the area it was found, and it conducts electricity just like a wire…

For decades, nuclear fusion has held the promise of clean, limitless energy. However, one persistent challenge has slowed progress: the inability to reliably contain the high-energy particles needed to sustain the reaction. Now, scientists may have finally cracked this 70-year-old…

Reading about space exploration used to be one of the most exciting parts of my day. I’d log on to work and look for the latest stories surrounding NASA’s ongoing missions. I reported often on what the James Webb Space Telescope had discovered and sat on the edge of my seat as we…

“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center, in a statement. “Lessons learned from this test campaign will help us reduce vehicle turnaround time from…