Category: 7. SciTech

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to…

When a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, it didn’t just jolt the earth, it peeled back history. As the 7.7-magnitude tremor split the ground open in Tada-U Township, it revealed a mysterious structure long buried under layers of soil. Some believe it could be the…

Twice a day, most people in the Western world take part in a health intervention that started almost 3,000 years ago. Maybe that’s not surprising: we only get one set of adult teeth, and if something goes wrong with them it can seriously impact our quality of life (if not our health…

What if a pill meant to help you sleep could also protect your brain from one of the most devastating diseases of our time? A new study suggests that a popular insomnia drug might act as an unexpected Alzheimer’s preventative, offering fresh hope in the long and difficult fight…

What if you could tap into the brain-boosting power of a nap—without ever actually falling asleep? Scientists have just taken a major step toward making that idea a reality. In a new study, researchers showed that artificial naps, created through precise brain stimulation, may…

All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic bacteria (MMB), that is.

Scooped from the sulfide-laden sediments of a tidal salt marsh in Massachusetts, scientists think these MMBs could provide clues to our own…

If you wake up hungry and achy every morning, one man might have all the answers you need: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. At the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, Kellogg, who is famous for creating Kellogg’s…

Scientists say they have discovered a new colour only ever seen by five people in the world – called ‘olo’.

The colour, said to be a…

Over the past two decades, Earth’s rotation has been behaving oddly – and scientists have finally pinned down one surprising reason: we’re losing water from the land. 

A new study published in Science reveals a dramatic shift in the Earth’s axis since the early 2000s – amounting to a…