Science

The prospect of curing cancer with the ease of a few taps on a mobile device is on the horizon. A team of scientists at Rice University has secured forty-five million dollars in funding from the Advanced Research Projects...

A new weight-loss drug that’s expected to get FDA approval in the coming months could replace current favorites Wegovy and Ozempic as the "skinny jab" for Hollywood celebrities. The new drug is called Mounjaro. It is an antidiabetic injectable drug...

Computer analysis suggests volcanic eruptions may have played a significant role in the mass extinction of dinosaurs. The findings were published in the September 29th issue of Science. According to the study, vast quantities of gas emissions released from the...

A recent discovery by researchers at the University of Connecticut and their partners brought a new material that combines great strength and lightness, a rare combination. This new material has the potential to improve various things like cars and body...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for research that was critical in the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. The Nobel committee honored Hungarian-born biochemist Karikó and US immunologist Weissman...

A recent X-ray analysis has unveiled a surprising connection between the chemical structure of feathers of today's birds and those of dinosaurs from the past. It turns out that these feathers have a lot more in common than we...

Orthopedists argue that walking barefoot makes for stronger and more flexible feet, fewer deformities, while it enhances mobility as well

A Greek scientist has been included in the list of 100 people that can change the world compiled by TIME magazine. Dr. Andreas Flouris is an Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly Department of Exercise Science in Greece and...

A NASA space capsule is headed to Earth, bringing important samples from asteroid Bennu

The Tollund Man, an unfortunate victim of human sacrifice in Iron Age Denmark, is a "bog body," one of a group of remarkably-well preserved ancient mummies.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a brain implant company, announced on Wednesday that it has begun recruiting people for its first human trial. The company's goal is to connect human brains to computers, and it wants to test its technology on people...

Scientists discovered that the number of sharks at their main meeting spots has changed. One of the reasons is that certain killer whales favour shark livers. South Africa is famous for its big, great white sharks. But there's some concerning...

Doctors say that mummified "alien corpses" in Mexico are not composed of human and animal bones but are distinct skeletons. This discovery contradicts earlier claims that they were collected artificially. According to media reports, this dispels skepticism among scientists...

A recent study reveals that electric waves, which come from Earth and the Sun but don't hit the Moon directly, are helping to create ice on the Moon's surface. These electric waves strike the Moon when it moves in and...

Archaeologists found ancient drawings of a big, extinct bull called an auroch on a cave wall in Spain's Cova Dones. This cave is located in a place called Millares near Valencia. Experts initially assumed the drawings were special because...