Category: 9. Sci-Tech

In January 2023, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured images of noctilucent clouds during a Martian sunset, including a rare category of iridescent bright noctilucent clouds that appear feather-shaped and glow in the Martian sky.

In January, French customs officers in Menton, a border town near the Italian frontier, discovered nine dinosaur teeth fossils concealed in two parcels during a routine inspection of a Spanish express delivery van traveling on the A8…

For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of paleoanthropology. The study, published in the South African Journal of…

Scientists at Loyola University Chicago discovered that the heart possesses “sweet taste” receptors similar to those found on the tongue. The research reveals that these receptors are functional in cardiac muscle cells and may have…

People have long believed that the placebo effect, in which a doctor gives a patient an inert pill instead of a drug, not only makes him feel better but also affects the immune system. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. 

For centuries, alchemists pursued the dream of turning copper into diamonds, unaware that such a transformation requires a nuclear reaction. But wouldn’t it be nice if the graphite tip of a pencil could be turned into diamond? After all,…