Category: Science & Technology

The world is full of scary things. Jellyfish and hair loss, to name just two. And while the middle of the night is clearly not

This week, an “extremely rare” fool’s gold fossil revealed the soft tissue of a 450-million-year-old new-to-science sea creature, Voyager 1 has phoned home from 24

For all our fancy telescopes and particle accelerators, we still haven’t managed to detect even a smidgen of dark matter. In a dramatic change of

At Georgia’s Fort Mountain State Park, a historical marker erected in the 1960s tells of a mysterious race of “moon-eyed” people that are said to

Microwaves are the undeniable king of convenience; bung last night’s leftovers in one and a few minutes later you’ve got a delicious hot meal. Unfortunately,

That old saying about death and taxes being the only certainties in life has been disproven by physicists, who have revealed that our existence is

A signal beamed towards Earth from Mars has finally been decoded after thousands of people from around the world spent more than a year examining

Ah, Winter. The coziest of the seasons. Time to light that fire, toast those marshmallows, and dig out your snuggliest jumpers and socks from the

One of the complaints when it comes to solar power is that you usually have to link it to batteries. Even in areas with plenty

“Cabin crew, arm doors and crosscheck” is the instruction delivered over the plane’s public address. In-flight staff then pull a metal lever on each door

Next time you’re staggering into a takeaway restaurant with a belly full of beer and a desperate need to raise your blood sugar levels, it’s

Welcome to the wonderful world of Crocodylia, or more specifically the order. Here, we’ll break down the differences between alligators and crocodiles, beyond which one

This week on Break It Down: a quantum cat experiment breaks a record for surviving over 23 minutes, Voyager 1 encountered a glitch but fixed

Every year a small town in Canada gets a sudden influx of polar passersby as the world’s largest bear (that begins life as a fluffy

The 1988 Piper Alpha disaster has been described as one of the worst industrial accidents of its kind. While it was a tragedy of horrific

Gather round the fire, oh traveler, and listen to an ancient story. The days of the old gods are numbered; one day, catastrophe will strike

Archaeologists excavating a site in Dorset, England, have recovered one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever unearthed in Britain. The ancient spade