Category: 7. SciTech

“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center, in a statement. “Lessons learned from this test campaign will help us reduce vehicle turnaround time from…

Scientists have discovered a simple yet powerful way to make stem cells stronger, healthier, and more capable than ever—by changing their diet. The result is a new class of super stem cells that outperform their standard counterparts in nearly every way.

Researchers from the…

Earth’s surface is mostly deep ocean, but a new study reveals just how little we have glimpsed of the floor of our planet’s largest ecosystem.

Researchers at the non-profit Ocean Discovery League, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Boston University have now calculated how much of…

If a global catastrophe disrupted international trade and fuel supplies, our survival might hinge on a stark but practical diet of peas, potatoes, sugar beet and spinach.

At least that’s according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One. 

The study, led by Dr Matt Boyd of Adapt…

The outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. Now, tech firms are racing to add more.

There are already thousands of…

The ability to cooperate and work together is not unique to humans; indeed, it’s one of the most successful strategies for collective survival in the whole tree of life, from the give-and-take between symbionts, to the kindness of strangers in the street.

Friendship – strong and lasting…

A fine mist accompanies the clan as the sun rises and they begin their journey. There are 12 people in total, some of them adults, some…

A killer fungus is set to spread through new parts of Europe due to rising temperatures, according to new climate change research.

Aspergillus,…

Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish slave ships that sank off the Central American coast in 1710, shedding more light on the role…

The likelihood of an imminent eruption at Bolivia’s “zombie” volcano remains low despite recent rumbling, according to a new study that…