Category: 7. SciTech

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the recently appointed secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), has long promoted unfounded conspiracy theories regarding community water fluoridation. Now that he’s…

A warm bowl of pasta, a fluffy white bread roll, or a bag of generously salted chips – these starchy delights are the stuff of dreams. It’s no wonder many of us couldn’t fathom giving up carbs for good.

However, a new study by the University of Surrey has found that spending just one day…

The promise of new demand is driving some utilities to reconsider scheduled coal plant retirements. In Virginia, where Amazon Web Services keeps 96 data centers and is investing $35 million to expand its campuses, the regional transmission organization, PJM Interconnection, requested a delayed…

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found.

It is…

Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves, an iconic predator last…

Social media accounts of pets showcasing products could have an edge over their human counterparts when it comes to trustworthiness, a new…

A full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed further insight into the doomed ship’s final moments and confirmed eyewitness accounts…

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet’s earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Earth’s very first protocrust was surprisingly similar to the shell of solid rock in place today.

It may mean a complete rethink of how Earth’s coat…

A new thought-reading brain implant is giving people who can’t speak a chance to communicate again. Developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, this experimental technology can convert neural activity into spoken words with a delay of just a few seconds. It’s one of the closest…

More than 60 million people globally suffer from heart failure – a condition where the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly, usually because the heart has become weak or stiff. 

Coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity are among its typical causes. But how…