Category: 7. SciTech

Australian scientists have tested new materials which could be developed into shark bite-resistant materials to reduce the chances of injuries…

It’s that marvelous time of year when the internet gets to vote for its favorite stuffed bear – the wild kind.

Fat Bear Week is officially upon us, and the competition this fall is fierce.

To qualify, Alaska’s brown bears (Ursus arctos) must be spotted catching sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus…

Common knowledge is something everyone knows that everyone knows. He saw it. She saw it. He knows that she saw it, and vice versa, ad infinitum.

According to Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, humans are constantly occupied with whether information has achieved this…

Researchers in China have opened a new window into the deep past by blasting dinosaur eggs with a laser, dating them directly for the first time.

A micro-laser was used to vaporize small portions of an eggshell, which released a cloud of radioactive uranium atoms. Since uranium decays into…

A commonly cited figure is that we blink an average of 12 times a minute while we’re awake and each blink lasts about a third of a second. So that’s 11,520 blinks in a 16-hour day, taking up just over an hour.

So in an 80 year lifetime, you’ll spend three and half years blinking. That’s…

Can plants enumerate 1-10 on their root tendrils? No. But scientists say certain plants can ‘count’ and even do simple maths because they possess uncanny abilities to keep tabs on insect invaders and their own food stores.

Venus flytraps, for example, famously snap their leaves shut when they…

While there’s growing evidence that psychedelic drugs can effectively treat severe mental health conditions, especially in cases where traditional treatments have failed, they still come with downsides.

Their hallucinogenic effects can be scary and overwhelming, with dosing sessions lasting…

A study widely cited as evidence of apple cider vinegar’s weight-loss effects has been retracted, the BMJ publishing group announced.

The…

For life on Earth, the oceans are essential. Not only do they supply us with food and resources, they also play a big role in maintaining a stable climate: between one-quarter to one-third of all CO₂ emitted by humans, which would otherwise stay in the atmosphere to further intensify climate…