Category: 7. SciTech

Origin stories have a special way of capturing our imaginations. Whether it’s a particular species of plant or animal, or a favourite fictional character, knowing how they came to be makes for captivating stories. It’s no different in space. Especially the small corner of it we live in: the…

The people of Nepal have the best relationship with nature, while Britons are some of the least “nature…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.

If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the second law of thermodynamics: Heat flows spontaneously from hotter bodies to colder ones. But now, gently and almost casually, Alexssandre de Oliveira Jr. has just…

Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth’s magnetic field and the way continents and tectonic plates have shifted across millennia – but for some periods, the geological record doesn’t make much sense.

A fresh analysis of rocks from one of these periods, the

Wildlife populations around the world are in crisis. Recent analysis by the World Wide Fund For Nature estimated that over the past 50 years, wildlife populations have reduced by 73 per cent.

In the face of these unprecedented declines, it’s more important than ever that scientists understand…

A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic creatures that can survive just about anything: boiling heat, freezing cold, and crushing…

At BBC Science Focus, we love a good invention – the weirder, wackier and more wonderful, the better (bonus points if it’s actually useful, too).

So, while exploring GITEX Global, and Expand North Star – one of the world’s largest technology and artificial intelligence (AI) expos and its…

If you’ve ever looked something up on Wikipedia (and who hasn’t?), there’s a fair chance you’ve read the work of Steven Pruitt. Known online by his operatic pseudonym ‘Ser Amantio di Nicolao’, Pruitt has made more than six million edits to the English-language site and created over…