Category: 7. SciTech

As the world struggles to contain the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, a vital network of research centers has been unable to help on the ground. The reason: The Trump administration slashed its funding last year, in part due to conspiracy…

The first week of the French Open has yielded as many major upsets (two) as people collapsing on the court due to sweltering conditions.

While temperatures in Europe are extremely hot for this time of year, they aren’t Sahara-in-the-middle-of-summer hot. And yet, a ball girl nearly fainted…

It’s not every day that our planet erupts in a fiery outpouring from the ground and the sky at the same time and same place.

This week, as bright red flows of lava gushed down the steep slope of Mount Mayon in the Philippines – one of the world’s most active volcanoes – the night sky…

Researchers have discovered a new type of giant virus, which replicates in a way we’ve never seen before.

Stranger still, this entity could give us clues to the very origins of complex life.

Viruses sit outside the standard tree of life, as they’re made of segments of genetic material rather…