Category: General

Doctors are reporting a surprising increase in appendix cancer rates among millennials and

The Universe may not have started with the Big Bang, but instead “bounced” out of a…

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and…

A 2014 study by the US military has also found that exposure to tear gas and pepper spray make people vulnerable to respiratory infections in the week following exposure compared with the week before exposure. Army recruits exposed to CS tear gas…

Unlike a linear taper, which involves reducing the dose of a medication by the same amount each time, a hyperbolic taper gradually slows the rate of reduction—cutting smaller and smaller amounts as it goes—so that the final doses are…

Below the top few hundred metres, the deep sea is generally cold and dark all year round. Long-term studies suggest it’s a very stable, unchanging environment.

Some seasonal shifts are coming to light, however.

Spring blooms of phytoplankton…

A new Covid variant is being kept under surveillance by the World Health Organization (WHO) as its emergence has led to an increase in infections in several regions of the world. First identified at the end of January, the variant—called…

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn…

The enamel that forms the outer layer of our teeth might seem like an unlikely place to find…