Category: 7. SciTech

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years…

A nuclear power plant in northern France hit by a jellyfish invasion was getting back online on Wednesday, operator EDF said, with service restored at the first of four closed reactors.

The Gravelines facility near Dunkirk on the French coast is the largest nuclear power plant in western…

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut…

If your teeth are damaged, there might be a new toothpaste arriving on the market in the next few years – with an unexpected ingredient.

Toothpaste made from your own hair may offer an effective and sustainable way to protect and repair damaged tooth enamel during the early signs of decay,…

Astronomers have tracked down the biggest black hole seen in the Universe so far.

Using two different types of measurement, astronomers recently discovered the behemoth of a black hole has almost 10,000 times more mass than the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy.

The black hole…

Fast-tracking a NASA plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon may sound dubious. Experts say that’s because it is.

“The whole…

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of people of sub-Saharan African descent living in Britain more than 1,300 years ago.

It’s not only the…