Category: 7. SciTech

A seagull eyeing your lunch or ice cream is unlikely to try to steal it if not part of a flock, scientists have found.

Due to an instinct known…

Male bodybuilders are facing a high risk of sudden death from heart problems, scientists warn in a new study.

The research, published on…

It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet’s surface. This bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on China’s Tiangong space station. It has been named Niallia tiangongensis, and it inhabited the cockpit…

A rarely spotted “supergiant” crustacean related to woodlice is actually a common inhabitant of the sea floor, a new study finds.

The…

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its wielder to damage…

Scientists in Germany have engineered a major leap forward in solar panel design by devising plans for ultra-thin solar panels that are up to 1,000 times more efficient than conventional silicon models. The key is a new crystal-layering technique that could drastically change how we…

You, along with all living things, produce subtle, ethereal, semi-visible light that glows until you die, according to a recent study.

You would be forgiven for jumping to the conclusion that this spooky luminescence is evidence that auras exist, or something similar.

But Dr Daniel Oblak,…

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with around 1 in 8 men being diagnosed in their lifetime – now including former US President Joe Biden. But not all prostate cancers are life-threatening – in fact, many are so slow-growing that they’ll never cause harm.

“There are…

Scientists at CERN have built a shipping container capable of transporting antimatter out of the laboratory for the first time.

A team from…

Scientists examining a rare fossil found in Canada’s Burgess Shale have discovered a predator with three eyes that lived over 500 million…