Category: 7. SciTech

Prolonged exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of serious neurodegenerative diseases, a new study has warned.

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At the height of the world’s first pandemic, the people of the ancient Roman city of Jerash buried hundreds of bodies on top of each other…

“What’s so crazy about renewables is [that] both political arguments are true,” says Pier LaFarge, a cofounder at Sparkfund, a utility services company. “They are the cheapest power at the source of generation—but they are also raising rates because of downstream upgrades to the…

Browsing social media or “doomscrolling” has ranked as Britons’ least enjoyable pastime, despite it being the one people…

Even small improvements in sleep routine, physical activity, and diet can increase longevity for people with unhealthy habits, according to a…

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks.

In a series of controlled experiments, a Swiss Brown cow (Bos taurus) named Veronika has demonstrated her tool-use proficiency, revealing a level of behavioral adaptability

Regularly engaging in a diverse mix of physical activities, including walking, running, and cycling, could significantly prolong one’s life,…

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

A few years later, the four-story wall of water was confirmed to be the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded.

Such an extraordinary event is thought to happen only once…

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows that cattle possess enough intelligence to manipulate elements of their environment and…

Harvard scientists have invented a way to create a tiny “time capsule” in cells, one that preserves an archival record of gene expression that can be retrieved long after it normally disappears.

“It’s like a time machine for the cell,” said Fei Chen, associate professor of stem…