Category: 7. SciTech

Human beings are social animals. We evolved in groups and conquered the world in great big family units that we call civilisations. At a fundamental level, we need the company of other people.

So why is it that, every once in a while, I wish I had the planet to myself?

I like to think of myself…

Memory is the gift that guides us through life – from finding our way around to recognising our family and friends. We rely on our memories to maintain the story of who we are, allowing us to lead coherent, meaningful lives.

“No memory means no rudder with which to navigate life,” says Dr…

Buried deep in Greenland’s ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate.

A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ice drilled out of ice sheets and glaciers) and dated to around 12,800 years ago, has provided…

“There are only a couple of things that are so important for your body that there’s a completely innate drive to get it if you fall into deficiency,” Knight said. “Oxygen, food, water, and sodium.”

However, animals like us do not experience salt desire as a powerful, controlling drive…

Millions of years before dinosaurs began roaming Earth, strange-looking creatures were scuttling across the seabed. They looked like they were wearing spiked helmets, with little eyes on top and a sharp tail sticking out the back.

The horseshoe crab still exists today and belongs to an order of…