Category: 7. SciTech

Cathy Tinney-Zara, a worker at NIOSH’s Pittsburg facility who spoke to WIRED in her capacity as the union representative, says that before they lost their jobs, the researchers at the Morgantown facility had been actively studying how Gulf War soldiers were affected by exposure to Mustard Gas,…

Contrary to what you might think, technology could actually offer some surprising benefits in slowing cognitive decline as we age. At least that’s according to a new study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior.

“The terms ‘brain rot’ and ‘brain drain’ get thrown around a lot, and…

It’s nearly peak tick season and bites from the bugs may come with dangerous consequences for meat lovers — and everyone exposed.

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Astronomers have found one of the most promising indications that there could be extraterrestrial life on another planet. With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have detected what they believe could be biosignatures of marine microorganisms on K2-18b, an exoplanet located…

As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in several states, another vaccine-preventable disease is quietly spreading throughout the country.

This year, there have been at least 7,599 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, up from 3,473 cases at this time…

The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of the elusive, long-sought Higgs boson as…

Researchers say they are one step closer to finding out if life ever existed on Mars.

An international team has found “compelling evidence”…

Sets of prehistoric three-toed footprints pressed into stone have led paleontologists to discover a new dinosaur in the armored ankylosaurid family.

The trackways were found near the town of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, which became known for its ankylosaur fossils after Mark Turner…

Nearly a century after its initial discovery, scientists have captured footage of the colossal squid swimming in its natural deep sea…

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of…