Category: 7. SciTech

Flaunting bizarrely blobby crowns, colorful helmets, or elaborately arching hats, treehoppers would fit right in at the most outrageous fashion show.

These tiny sapsuckers have long mystified researchers with their eccentric body shapes. Now, Bristol University ecologist Sam England and…

The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning. Named Wukong AI—after the protagonist of the “Monkey King” legend in Chinese mythology, Sun Wukong—the chatbot was introduced on the space station in mid-July, and…

An ancient cow’s tooth has revealed fresh details about the mysteries of Stonehenge that have baffled scientists for centuries.

The new…

Performing high-intensity yoga twice a week is the most effective exercise regimen to improve sleep quality, according to a new review of…

A shark with a striking orange appearance caused by a rare skin condition has been caught…

They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but a chunk of ‘rock’ used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by almost anyone’s standards.

A woman discovered the 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone in a stream bed in southeast Romania, brought it home, and used it as a doorstop.

Her…

If Australia is renowned for one thing, it’s the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent.

The three most venomous snakes in the world are from Australia (with a few others in the top 10).

It has some of the most venomous spiders, with the Sydney funnel-web (Atrax…

A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean’s blue-grey waters that’s baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphered by oceanographers.

Mapping concentrations of phytoplankton and biogeochemical compounds…