Science and Technolgy blog
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have conducted a groundbreaking study examining how anxiety affects walking behavior, particularly in situations that evoke a sense of postural threat. The study, published in the journal Experimental Brain Research, found that while simple…
Scientists have found a mysterious signal in the brightest gamma ray burst ever detected, and now they know what caused it.
Enlarge / Wegovy is an injectable prescription weight-loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. (credit: Getty | Michael Siluk) The US Food and Drug Administration has approved two injectable versions of the blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drug, semaglutide (Wegovy…
Thousands of ochre rock drawings, including images of humans and animals morphing into one another, offer a striking glimpse at early life in the Amazon.
A new study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior reports that sexual strangulation is a prevalent practice among young Australians, with positive perceptions influenced by beliefs about its safety, social normative factors, and exposure to depictions in pornography. Dangers of…
Enlarge / Boeing’s Strainer spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in this picture taken July 3. (credit: NASA) The astronauts who rode Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station last month still don’t know when they…
Studying the reptile’s ironclad teeth in more detail could help solve a dinosaur dental mystery.
Enlarge / The Cadillac V-Series.R is one of General Motors’ factory-backed racing programs. (credit: James Moy Photography/Getty Images) It is hard to escape the feeling that a few too many businesses are jumping on the AI hype train because it’s…
Enlarge / One day, using pixellated fonts and images to represent that something is a video game will not be a trope. Today is not that day. SAG-AFTRA has called for a strike of all its members working in video…
Scientists have uncovered how bacteria borrowed a gene from an insect to create female-only parasitic wasp populations, eliminating the need for males.
