Category: 7. SciTech

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped… Continue Reading

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Oysters are experiencing mass die-offs along the US coastline, leaving… Continue Reading

When Charlie Kelly first messaged saying he wouldn’t make it home that night, his partner wasn’t happy. It was September 6, 2023, a Wednesday, and the 56-year-old, a keen hillwalker, had left the house that he shared with Emer Kennedy in Tillicoultry, near the Scottish city of Stirling,… Continue Reading

If you believe the films, it would be a never-ending battle if dinosaurs and humans had to coexist. But, as with animals today, some dinosaurs would have been dangerous, and others would have been harmless… at least if left alone.  We would probably be a bigger threat to them than vice… Continue Reading

Table of Contents (click to expand) Tools and methods like Radio astronomy and spectroscopy have been aiding scientists in studying the “hidden” magnetic fields around stars. In the cosmos, magnetic fields—although not visible through telescopes—play a crucial role, influencing… Continue Reading

Dolphins don’t just look like they’re smiling when they open their mouths. Some scientists think they actually are grinning at each other, and the expression seems to be contagious. A relaxed, open mouth on a dolphin is open to human interpretation, and not everyone agrees this is a ‘smile’ as… Continue Reading

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Oysters are experiencing mass die-offs along the US coastline, leaving… Continue Reading

A spy plane retrofitted with research equipment has discovered some very intriguing things while observing thunderstorms in the tropics. According to a new paper published by the researchers behind the retrofitted spy plane, it appears that storms in the tropics are actually littered… Continue Reading

That all hinges on what you consider to be cute. Depending on the species, a newborn shark can be anything from an adorable, hand-sized tiddler, like the small-spotted catsharks that hatch from ‘mermaid’s purse’ egg cases, or they can emerge directly from their mothers, with bodies as long… Continue Reading

In the first half of 2024, satellites belonging to SpaceX’s Starlink fleet performed almost 50,000 collision-avoidance manoeuvres. This reflects the number of satellites orbiting Earth and raises fears about satellite collisions if we continue to launch more in an unchecked… Continue Reading