Category: 7. SciTech

A remarkable Iron Age hoard, unearthed in a Yorkshire field, is prompting archaeologists to reassess the wealth and power dynamics of northern…

Scientists have discovered that an imbalance of certain chemicals in the brain could help explain why teenage girls are at greater risk of depression than boys.

Specifically, researchers claimed to have identified the role of a chemical called tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid…

Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in China, shedding…

Not all ideas can be hits. Alongside ground-breaking innovations, 21st-century scientists have helmed their share of wild tech flops, dubious theories and overhyped breakthroughs. Here are the biggest to forget.

The metaverse

If you don’t know what the metaverse is (no judgment because it was…

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to the HR 8799 system, located 130 light-years from Earth. The detection of CO₂ offers clues as to how…

Endometrial cancer is one of the most common cancers in Australian women—and one of the hardest to catch. But a new breakthrough in AI cancer detection is pushing accuracy levels to an unprecedented 99 percent, giving doctors a major new tool in the fight.

This is a massive leap in…

Forget everything you’ve heard about mental decline starting in your thirties. A new study suggests your brain may keep getting sharper well into your forties, allowing for a much higher cognitive skill peak, but only if you keep it engaged.

Researchers from Stanford and the…

Kevin Rader is the senior preceptor in statistics and associate director of undergraduate studies.

Typically, you’re talking about the perfect bracket of 64 games. Sixty-three teams lose and one team…

What if you could listen to your favorite playlist in full clarity without headphones, without disturbing anyone else, and without even lifting a finger? That’s the vision behind a new type of headphone-free music technology being developed at Penn State, and it might just change how…