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 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

Figuring out what subgroups a group contains is one way to understand its structure. For example, the subgroups of Z6 are {0}, {0, 2, 4} and {0, 3}—the trivial subgroup, the multiples of 2, and the multiples of 3. In the group D6, rotations form a subgroup, but reflections don’t. That’s… Continue Reading

A team of cave divers and scientists have uncovered a new cache of extinct monkey fossils submerged deep within the underwater passages of a Caribbean cave. Forty years ago, only a few well-preserved remains of New World monkeys had been found on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Jamaica,… Continue Reading

What if you could predict how long you’ll live? Well, a new test may soon let you do just that. The test is based around new research into biological aging and the markers that could help scientists determine your biological age just by swabbing the inside of your cheek. The… Continue Reading

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Northern Lights could put on a show across the UK tonight with recent solar flares creating the potential for a “breathtaking” display. The display, also known as

Scientists have created an incredibly detailed 3D brain map of a fly’s brain, and it’s probably one of the coolest things that you’ll see this year. While it might not be a map of the human brain, getting a better understanding of the brains of flies can help unravel some of the… Continue Reading

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. A little bit of alcohol was once thought to be good for you. However, as scientific research advances, we’re gaining a clearer picture of alcohol’s effect on health—especially regarding cancer. The complex… Continue Reading