Category: 7. SciTech

A promising new material created from plants could help replace the single-use plastics that dominate our everyday lives. Developed by researchers in Japan, this cellulose-based paperboard is durable, waterproof, and fully biodegradable, making it one of the most compelling contenders…

By the time you’ve read this sentence, lightning could have struck Earth as many as 270 times. That may sound like a lot, but according to the UK’s Met Office, there are about 44 lightning strikes every second. Put another way, that’s about 3,000,000 strikes a day, globally.

Given that…

The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it’s also something else: a figment of our imaginations. While it looks just as real as red or blue, purple is actually an optical illusion crafted by your brain.

Look closely at a…

About 13,000 satellites currently orbit Earth, roughly 10,000 of which are operational. But that number is set to skyrocket, with a staggering 50,000 new satellites on track to join them by 2030.

The dramatic increase is due to the rise in internet-beaming megaconstellations of satellites, such…

When many stars reach billions of years in age and run out of fuel, they become dying stars known as red giants. The stars expand and can…

Ah, the circle of life! Your parents have sex, and nine months later, you arrive into the world (apologies for that image).

But did you know that the temperature around the time of your parents’ hanky-panky might impact your metabolism for the rest of your life?

At least, that’s according to…

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre…

The lighter creates a tiny spark that jumps from one wire to the other in the front pair. This spark creates electromagnetic waves, with the two wires serving as transmission antennas to amplify the waves. The two wires in back are the receiving antennas, and they will produce an electric…

People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat around internal organs than those conceived in…

Scientists have captured the first footage of an elusive deep sea shark inhabiting the waters near Southeast Asia’s