Category: 7. SciTech

Picture the scene. Camden’s Electric Ballroom, circa 1976. The Sex Pistols are on stage, belting out ‘Anarchy in the UK’ to a pogoing mosh pit full of spiky-haired punks. The floor is sticky with lager, the air weighs heavy with attitude. And in the midst of it all, blending in perfectly,…

Hair can be curly, straight, thick, thin, brown, black, blonde, or auburn. It can be long or short, frizzy or lush. While the huge diversity in our genes and environments makes it a no-brainer that hair varies so much, it makes less sense that all these hair types can be present on one…

Good news for fans of the humble pecan: these tasty nuts might be even healthier than we thought, and swapping your usual snacks for them could be a smart move for your health.

That’s because a recent study has found that swapping daily snack foods for pecans can lead to improved cholesterol…

Ever wonder how many glaciers human-driven climate change has eliminated over the decades? Well, you can take a depressing trip through history by visiting the glacier casualty list—a website dedicated to remembering all the glaciers climate change has caused to melt.

But the website…

New research suggests there could be massive reserves of naturally occurring hydrogen gas hiding away in the mountain ranges of the world – potentially giving us access to a huge, untapped source of clean energy.

These reservoirs of gas would have been produced over millions of years, the…

The early bird catches the worm, while the night owl is more at risk of developing depression. That’s according to a new study that suggests people who prefer waking up and staying up late are more likely to experience depressive symptoms, compared to early risers

A study by the University of…

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the US astronauts stranded for nine months on the International Space Station, finally made it home on Tuesday, March 18. They returned to Earth with the two members of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission—NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of…

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid mission has released its first major batch of survey data, offering a stunning glimpse into the vast cosmos. 

The newly unveiled images, covering a 63-square-degree patch of the sky – more than 300 times the size of the full Moon – reveal millions…

Cosmos can also generate tokens about each avatar movement that act like time stamps, which will be used to label brain data. Labeling data enables an AI model to accurately interpret and decode brain signals and then translate those signals into the intended action.

All of this data will be used…

Researchers have now created a new type of glass using nothing but sound waves and salt. Sure, that might sound like one heck of a science experiment—and in a way, it is—but it’s also a major breakthrough that could completely reinvent glass as we know it.

According to reports…