Category: 7. SciTech

As humans age, daily work, smartphones, and even pillows can seem to have it out for our necks. Bad posture, repetitive motions, or even just one wrong move involving this part of the body can trigger tenderness, tension, and pain. If you’re experiencing such sensations, you might say you… Continue Reading

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids… Continue Reading

A new study has found that octopuses can actually work with other fish to hunt and will punch them if they do not cooperate. The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday 23 September, suggests that the famously intelligent octopuses can organise the group’s decisions, including what… Continue Reading

Extinct volcanoes are hard to study – we never see them erupt. Using a unique experimental technique, we were able to recreate a certain type of extinct volcano in a lab, learning more about the magma these volcanoes produce. We found that some rare magma types are surprisingly efficient at… Continue Reading

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Octopuses are usually considered to be solitary creatures, but new research… Continue Reading

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Archaeologists are revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World… Continue Reading

Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves. In research published today, we discovered surprising new evidence of variable heat tolerance in corals. As… Continue Reading

Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of “ghost shark”, a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found living in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand, according… Continue Reading

NASA has captured evidence of yet another striking object on the Martian surface. This time, the object is a somewhat funky “zebra rock,” which appears to be unlike anything else we’ve found on the Red Planet thus far. What’s especially interesting about this rock, which NASA… Continue Reading