Category: 5. Sci-Tech

Dinosaur life wasn’t all peaches and cream before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth. Some were plagued by much smaller dangers long before.

A new study has found evidence that a potentially deadly bone disease endangered the lives of numerous long-necked dinosaurs in what is now Brazil, roughly 80 million years ago.

These are some of South America’s largest dinosaurs, and yet they faced a very tiny enemy.

Related: Scientists Found Cancer in a Dinosaur – And It Might Help Save Human…

We might picture dolphins as the excitable younger cousin to the cool, composed humpback whale, but it seems these two species might have a budding friendship after all.

In fact, new suction-camera footage from humpback whales shows the depths dolphins will go to in order to hang out with their marine companions. The whales are followed by bottlenose dolphins from the sunlit surface down to the ocean floor, where they swim and play side-by-side. 

Social behaviour between whales and dolphins…

Following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia in 2025, tsunami warnings were issued in Hawaii and other parts of the U.S. West Coast. Luckily, the tsunami warnings were downgraded, and there was no catastrophic impact.

Underwater earthquakes have led to severe tsunamis in the past, such as the 2004 event that affected Indonesia and a tsunami in 1957 that impacted parts of Alaska and Hawaii. Understanding and researching these past events could lead to improved risk…

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes?

You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a class A illegal drug in the UK, and how it might generate the so-called near-death experiences.

In a recent study I compared both types of experience and found they share fascinating similarities – but also critical differences.

Related: Study: Near-Death Patients…

Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a discovery that sheds more light on their close relationship with the region’s indigenous Inuit people.

The findings, published in the journal Science, also reveal fresh insights into the history of Inuit migration and their…

For years, scientists were puzzled by a strange part of the ocean just south of Greenland that didn’t behave like the rest of the planet. While ocean temperatures across the globe have climbed steadily, this region, nicknamed the Atlantic Warming Hole, has cooled by nearly half a degree Fahrenheit over the last century. Now, researchers say they may have solved the mystery.

Despite its name, this location isn’t warm at all. It’s actually a cold zone in the North Atlantic…

Summer often brings with it trips to the beach, ice cream, and fun in the sun. But it can also bring some very unpleasant–and downright dangerous–weather. Namely, extreme heat and stubborn pockets of high pressure and hot air colloquially called heat domes. 

What is a heat dome?

During a heat dome, hot air is trapped…

Beards have long attracted suspicion, sometimes seen as stylish, sometimes as unsanitary. But how dirty are they, really?

Human skin is home to billions of microorganisms – mainly bacteria, but also fungi and viruses – and facial hair provides a unique environment for them to thrive.

Research shows that beards, in particular, support a dense and diverse microbial population, which has fuelled a persistent belief that they are inherently unhygienic. The Washington Post recently