Category: 5. Sci-Tech

Key Takeaways on the Sun’s Magnetic Field

• The Sun’s magnetic field impacts the movement of plasma on the sun’s surface, but it does not actually impact the amount of heat the sun emits.
• Solar flares, for example, are huge explosions that…

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you can, and often sooner than you might expect.

Whether in a quick text message, a long email, a casual…

At the whole genome level, canines and wolves are clearly separated. However, when the research team constructed phylogenetic trees for each of the 1,582 genes, they found that not a single gene supported the monophyly of dogs. Further…

The popular nursery rhyme This Little Piggy is an early childhood memory for many…

No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does.

With its sleek body optimized for hunting, razor-sharp teeth, and its (somewhat undeserved) reputation for enjoying human flesh, the ‘great’ white (