Category: 7. SciTech

Archaeologists in Germany’s Bavaria have unearthed an elaborately constructed but empty circular stone grave they suspect to be an…

Taking a defensive posture by lying face down when encountering a bear can prevent serious injuries, according to a new Japanese study.

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A species of shark never before documented killing humans has now done so, devouring a swimmer in a chilling first.

On 21 April 2025, a 40-year-old tourist was snorkeling in the Mediterranean more than 100 meters off the coastline of Hadera, Israel, using a GoPro to film a group of dusky…

Doctors in New Zealand had to remove part of a 13-year-old boy’s intestine after he swallowed dozens of strong magnets bought from a popular…

The glow-in-the-dark bats you’re hanging to decorate for Halloween might be more biologically accurate than you thought. A new study from scientists at the University of Georgia in the US has confirmed that some North American bats glow under UV light.

The team examined 60 museum specimens…

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland recently taught the one-armed, four-legged ANYmal search and rescue robot to play badminton against a human.

Fans of the sport may be relieved to learn that ANYmal’s skills are unlikely to oust humans from the court any time soon, but training the robot…

Not to be all gothic and theatrical, but the darkness is coming. Come the end of October, the clocks go back. Suddenly, the Sun will set before 5pm and we’ll walk around in astonishment as though it hasn’t happened every year previously. 

The shock is real, however; we feel it in our very…

A 40-year-old male tourist was swimming and filming about 100m from shore in Hadera off the coast of Israel in April when he was suddenly…

The idea that eating less might make us live longer has been around for thousands of years. Even Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek physician, argued that, “When a patient is fed too richly, the disease is fed as well. Any excess is against nature.”

Scientists have now spent decades testing whether…