Science & Tech

Hurricane Melissa: How did it become so dangerous?

Climate change has made two characteristics of Hurricane Melissa more likely: abundance of rain and slowness of destruction. In Jamaica, ...

Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica: 5 things to know about the perfect storm

The arrival and effects of Hurricane Melissa: the most violent tropical storm of 2025 so far, which is also frightening ...

WHO: one in six bacterial infections is resistant to antibiotics

Resistance to antibiotics is growing around the world, while we remain short of effective therapies against common infections, such as ...

Are unidentified objects in space (immortalized between 1949 and 1957) linked to nuclear tests?

Is there a link between “transient phenomena” detected in Earth orbit by a telescope between 1949 and 1957 and nuclear ...

Researchers dismantle Tesla and BYD batteries and reveal “surprising results.”

German researchers from RWTH Aachen University recently conducted an unprecedented analysis of electric vehicle battery technology, dismantling cells from both ...

Did a genetic incompatibility also contribute to the end of the Neanderthals?

In hybrid women born from the union between sapiens and Neanderthals there could be a high risk of miscarriages due ...

A Chinese researcher could cost his home country a $108 billion market with this invention: the rare-earth-free super magnet.

The global permanent magnet industry faces a potential seismic shift as Chinese-born researcher Jian-Ping Wang develops a revolutionary rare-earth-free magnetic technology. ...

Sports: can fitness apps demotivate?

Fitness apps that are too “demanding” risk discouraging people from exercising. An effect opposite to the desired one. An instructor ...

The brain is not programmed to stay awake past midnight

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, with your mind invaded by negative ...