Category: 7. SciTech

Archaeologists have unmasked Colombian mummies and digitally reconstructed their faces, shedding more light on the cultural practices of South…

The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to track emissions and form climate policy. Climate NGOs say their work could help plug some of the…

Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and counted tiny protein clusters in the human brain that may be the earliest triggers of Parkinson’s disease. 

The clusters – called alpha-synuclein oligomers – have long been suspected as the culprits behind the world’s…

People found to have “poor sleep” in a new test are more likely than others to have brains showing signs of faster ageing, a new study…

All living beings emit a strange glow linked to vitality that vanishes when they die, according to a study that may lead to a powerful new tool…

A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a completely different pathway to the one used by ‘magic’ mushrooms, suggesting the psychotropic compound evolved at least twice.

The discovery has implications for our understanding of evolution and synthetic psilocybin…

A Pennsylvania grandmother was found dead last December after falling into a 30-foot deep sinkhole that opened into a long-abandoned coal mine.

Every day, people turn to AI chatbots for companionship, support, and even romance. The hard part, new research suggests, is turning away.

In a working paper co-authored by Harvard Business School’s Julian De Freitas, many companion apps responded to user farewells with emotionally…

Conscious choice accounts for only a fraction of what you do each day. The vast majority of your actions are dictated by habit, according to new research published in Psychology & Health.

The study found that around two-thirds of our daily behaviours are set in motion automatically, triggered by…

To borrow a line from Elton John, it’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside. As I write the article you’re reading, I’m sipping on a potent brew, mixed with ice and tonic water, and I think it’s beginning to hit.

I don’t feel tipsy, exactly, but I feel something. A light buzz. A twinkle in…