Science & Technology

A 2,200-year-old poop time capsule reveals secrets of the Andean condor

For over 2,000 years, Andean condors have been nesting — and pooping — in the same cliffside grotto high in…

Ultrasound allows a chemotherapy drug to enter the human brain

Cracking the code to brain cancer treatment might start with cracking the brain’s protective shield. Nearly impenetrable walls of jam-packed…

Dyson Zone: Die Luftfilter-Kopfhörer sind jetzt erhältlich

Es ist offiziell. Der britische Hersteller Dyson verkauft sein neuestes (und seltsamstes) Gadget: die Dyson Zone. Die Kombination aus Luftreinigungsmaske…

Stray Blade im Test: (Über-)Ambitionierte Fantasy-Action aus Deutschland

Nach einem recht positiven Ersteindruck, in welchem ich viel Lob für Stray Blade übrig hatte, war ich auf all das…

This marine biologist is on a mission to save endangered rays

The first time Jessica Pate swam beside a manta ray off Florida’s southern coast, the 8-foot-wide fish flipped belly-up and…

Neuroscientists decoded people’s thoughts using brain scans

Like Dumbledore’s wand, a scan can pull long strings of stories straight out of a person’s brain — but only…

Mouse hair turns gray when certain stem cells get stuck

Hair might go gray when stem cells with wanderlust have their travels interrupted. Stem cells involved in making the pigment…

Satellite data reveal nearly 20,000 previously unknown deep-sea mountains

The number of known mountains in Earth’s oceans has roughly doubled. Global satellite observations have revealed nearly 20,000 previously unknown…

Black holes resolve paradoxes by destroying quantum states

MINNEAPOLIS — Don’t try to do a quantum experiment near a black hole — its mere presence ruins all quantum…

Fentanyl deaths have spiked among U.S. children and teens

Fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, is killing a growing number of children and teens in the United States.   More…