Category: 7. SciTech

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 oldest known tombstone in the US belonged to an English knight and… Continue Reading

Little lizards that wear snout bubbles underwater really do seem to be using them as tiny scuba tanks. Water anoles (Anolis aquaticus) made headlines a few years ago when they were caught proudly holding onto shiny pockets of air while submerged in their Costa Rican streams. Now Binghamton… Continue Reading

What lives around 1,000m (approx 3,200ft) underwater, is the size of a chickpea and looks like the plump pink rear end of a pig? This question had scientists puzzled for a long time.  Teams from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) occasionally spotted these odd creatures… Continue Reading

Tardigrades may be the world’s cutest and most famous microscopic critters. Also known as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are waddling eight-legged animals with a reputation for survival. There are nearly 1,500 known species of tardigrade across the planet, from the poles to the… 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 have stored the full human genome on a 5D memory crystal which… Continue Reading

Chinese scientists claim that radiation from Starlink constellations will actually let them detect stealth aircraft. It’s a bold claim, but based on the evidence presented by the researchers in a paper published in Journal of Signal Processing, it seems that they could be onto… Continue Reading

A new species of wasp has been discovered in America, and it seems to channel some of the well-known features of the xenomorph from the popular Alien sci-fi franchise. How exactly do these horror wasps channel those terrifying creatures from outer space, you ask? Well, it lays its eggs… 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 shielded areas in Nasa’s lunar spacecraft can protect astronauts… Continue Reading

An enormous pair of black hole jets has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. Given the nickname Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, the jets are the biggest ever observed, spanning 23 million light years across and having a total power output equivalent to trillions… Continue Reading

Various studies have tried to address the question of whether music in the workplace can be helpful.  The consensus seems to be that yes, it can, but it depends on the job… and the music.  In one study, machine operators at a clothes manufacturer became less productive when they… Continue Reading