Category: 9. Sci-Tech

A 150-million-year-old fossil of a cartilaginous fish named Jochen, unearthed in the Altmühltal region of Bavaria, Germany, was recently described by a team led by paleontologist Julia Türtscher from the University of Vienna in the…

Researchers in Cyprus found a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, according to The Independent. The discovery was made while the painting was being prepared for…

Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of gold and silver coins offered as diobolgeldæ, or…

A badly burnt Roman scroll destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been…

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of…

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed an increase in lung cancer cases among non-smokers, linking this rise to air pollution exposure. The study, released on World Cancer Day, reported the growing prevalence…

A recent study found that mothers of twins are at double the risk of heart disease in the year after giving birth compared to mothers who give birth to a single infant. The research, led by Professor Cande Ananth and Dr. Ruby Lin from…

Overuse of high-potency cannabis could be linked to a sharp increase in schizophrenia cases…

A recent study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University revealed that bonobos have the ability to recognize ignorance in others, communicate to correct it, and cooperate accordingly, challenging the notion that theory of mind is…