Category: 7. SciTech

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient South American temple they say has helped pull back the curtain on the workings of its…

It might look like something you’d find in an alien salad, but this bizarre sea slug can actually steal body parts from other organisms and use their powers for itself.

The lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata) gets its energy by eating algae. But that’s not just through the usual method of…

The human brain continues to surprise scientists. From how it learns to the fact that our brains glow, there’s a lot we have yet to learn about the inner workings of the human brain. One especially surprising thing, though, is that the brain doesn’t appear to see exactly what you…

What is the vagus nerve?

Your brain is connected to your body through a set of 12 crucial nerve networks that descend through your spine and branch out into your body. Of these, the vagus nerve is probably one of the most important. Its tendrils influence digestion, your heart, your reflexes and…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of an exoplanet for the first time since it began science operations in July of…

An 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.

The remarkable…

A remarkable piece of American history, a Revolutionary War-era boat, is slowly being reassembled at the New York State Museum, 15 years after…

A kind of helicopter design first envisioned by the Renaissance-era Italian polymath Leonardo Da Vinci could help develop quieter and…

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth. Sonja Wood, the…

A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa.

At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates meet, molten magma pounds the planet’s crust from below, scientists have discovered.

There, the continent is slowly being torn asunder in…