Category: 7. SciTech

A Teotihuacan altar has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the…

The internet is currently abuzz with talk of dire wolves – an extinct species of prehistoric wolf that used to roam North America and that was famously featured in the HBO fantasy series, Game of Thrones.

A Dallas-based biotech company, Colossal Biosciences, claims to have resurrected the…

The dire wolf has been brought back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, a U.S. biotech start-up has announced.

On Monday, Colossal…

People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat around internal organs than those conceived in…

The dire wolf – an extinct animal made famous in the TV series Game of Thrones – has been brought back from extinction after more than…

The dire wolf – an extinct animal made famous in the TV series Game of Thrones – has been brought back from extinction after more than…

A few minutes of conversation might soon be enough to flag early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. According to a 2024 study from Boston University, a new AI Alzheimer’s detection tool can accurately predict the likelihood of someone developing Alzheimer’s just by analyzing how they…

Studying the dire wolf’s genome also allowed the Colossal team to figure out which features distinguished the ancient wolf from its modern relatives. They settled on traits involving size, musculature, hair color, hair texture, hair length, and coat patterning. They then used gene editing to…

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said.

In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose…

If you’re reading this, you are probably fairly certain that you’re conscious. You likely assume that your loved ones, your less-loved ones and even your weird neighbour are all conscious too.

They look and act like you – a fellow human – so it is reasonable to think they experience the…