Category: 7. SciTech

For example, two winters’ worth of snow followed by intense heat created a flood risk in 2023. State officials decided to release water from Lake Oroville and other reservoirs across Southern California and the Central Valley. Although this helped prevent flooding and sent water downstream,… Continue Reading

If your romantic partner is ranting about a problem they have, you’d logically feel compelled to help. Why wouldn’t you? You don’t want someone you love to be upset, so you try to resolve the issue, to remove the source of the upset by offering advice and suggestions for how to fix… Continue Reading

After they left, the Titan was rebuilt with a new hull that was never tested to industry norms nor certified by an independent third-party agency. Patrick Lahey, CEO of submersible maker Triton Submarines, said that certifying a novel hull was not only possible but essential for safety. “We… Continue Reading

We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on our planet, they are, in fact, living beings, and they communicate with each other quite extensively. What’s especially intriguing is that… Continue Reading

Since its launch in 2019, the hype and demand for Ozempic has grown dramatically, owing to its effectiveness not only at treating type 2 diabetes but also for its ability to lower the body weight of obese patients. Given its popularity, could we ever see the drug being available… Continue Reading

We can break that diagonal motion down into horizontal and vertical portions; for now let’s just focus on the former. Say you start with a horizontal velocity (v1) of –1 meter per second and rebound with a horizontal velocity (v2) of +1 m/s. The change of sign indicates the reversal of… Continue Reading

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email It is beyond “reasonable doubt” that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in a Chinese animal market, a new scientific study has… 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 in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies… Continue Reading

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A cheap and widely accessible antidepressant has been shown  to be “unexpectedly effective” in treating aggressive brain tumours,… Continue Reading

Migraines have long had an intimate relationship with the elements. Alongside stress and hormones, fluctuations in meteorological conditions are one of the most commonly cited triggers for an attack. “Patients will often say that they can predict the weather,” says Vincent Martin, director… Continue Reading