Category: Science & Technology (科学与科技)

An experimental satellite made out of wood has been launched into space. Japanese developers of the device say it is the first time a wooden satellite has ever been sent…

New research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan has a thick ice cover that could be warming lower areas and supporting molecular growth. Scientists at the University of Hawaii carried out the…

The European Space Agency (ESA) is reportedly in talks with America’s SpaceX to cooperate in efforts to reduce the growing amount of space junk. The talks, reported by Reuters news…

Researchers in Mexico have discovered a large, lost Mayan city. The major urban settlement, named Valeriana, is hidden deep in the southern forest of Campeche. The discovery adds to existing…

The American government has approved the use of Apple AirPods as hearing aids. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it had approved new hearing aid software…

Scientists in Argentina have discovered the oldest-known remains of the tadpole. The animal belonged to a large frog species that lived alongside dinosaurs about 161 million years ago. The researchers…

Even for a period of extreme weather, this autumn has had more than the usual weather disasters. The Spanish province Valencia has seen the latest incident of massive and deadly…

The American space agency NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft to seek more detailed information on water sources on the moon. The spacecraft is an orbiter called Lunar Trailblazer.…

Researchers say a large fish that was thought to have disappeared from Asia’s Mekong River has been seen in the waterway in recent years. The fish is called a giant…

Phones hold so much of our digital lives — emails, social media and bank accounts, photos and more. As a result, if our phones ever get stolen or lost, we…

South Korean researchers have developed a drone designed to stay level when transporting goods over many kinds of surfaces. A team at Seoul National University of Science and Technology built…

In the Japanese village of Kamimomi, a small group of farmers began gathering their rice in extreme heat, two weeks earlier than usual. Kamimomi is in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture.…

Scientists in Colombia say they have developed a new food substance that protects bees from dangerous chemicals used in farming. They claim it will protect the insects’ brains from neurological…

The space rock that hit Earth 66 million years ago and caused the deaths of many life forms – including dinosaurs – was not the largest object to ever strike…

How a sperm and an egg come together has long been a mystery. Now, new research by scientists in Austria provides interesting insight. It shows that fertilization works like a…