Category: Science & Technology

Yes, spiders do sleep (or at least enter a sleep-like state that’s very similar to our form of slumber).  Much like us, spiders need a

In a new package of 12 detailed papers, scientists have unveiled 3D “blueprints” of multiple different tumor types, giving researchers a close look at how

Few can resist the appeal of an adorable animal; from diddy chameleons to cute baby cows, the world is full of species that make you

When we think of the Jurassic, images of giants come to mind. Giant dinosaurs, giant pterosaurs, giant frogs… If the latter had never occurred to

Animals are even more partial to fermented fruits than had been assumed, indicating ethanol has a big attraction to a great many of the creatures

Among the many perks that came with being an ancient Macedonian king was the exclusive right to dress in purple, and Alexander the Great certainly

Do you find spiders a bit creepy? Are you considering putting conkers on your windowsill to keep the spiders away? We laud you for your

Many consider voting a civic duty, even in those countries where it is not compulsory. People go to great lengths to exercise their democratic right

Mount Fuji is still snowless, making it the latest time in the year that the picturesque mountaintop has been bare since records began over a

The world’s oldest mine has been discovered in southern Africa by bombarding ancient materials with neutrons inside the reactor core. Dated at around 48,000 years

This spooky season, IFLScience is taking you on a journey between science and superstition, to a dimension of imagination akin to The Twilight Zone. For

From the Roman wonder-drug of, uh, cabbage, to the turn-of-the-century fad of Fletcherism, to today’s preoccupation with mostly-pointless vitamin pills, what we eat and how

Many across the world have witnessed the spectacle of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Some of us, due to constant clouds, were not so lucky. There was, however,

States in quantum superposition are notoriously fragile but researchers in China have reported creating such a state that lasted for a whopping 23 minutes and

There are so many questions surrounding death: What happens? Where do we go? Burial vs cremation? What’s the greenest way to go? But today we’d

Some “extremely rare” fossils that date back 450 million years have revealed a new-to-science species. They were retrieved from a famous fossil site in New

Science Corporation, a rival to Elon Musk’s Neuralink in the development of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, has just unveiled promising early clinical trial results for