Incredible Fossil Reveals A Giant Lizard Who Ruled The Sea With Teeth And Terror : ScienceAlert
The discovery of incredible fossils of a giant marine lizard reveals how this ancient extinct beast would have ruled the sea 66 million years ago. The beast is a newly…
Is The Pill Changing Your Behavior? Here’s What The Science Says : ScienceAlert
The first hormonal contraceptive (the ‘pill’) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1960. Hormonal contraceptives have since become one of the most prescribed drugs in the…
Leisure Time Can Lower Risk of Early Death as You Get Older, Scientists Find : ScienceAlert
It might be a good idea to pick up (or keep up) an active hobby as you get older: regular exercise such as jogging, swimming, or playing tennis can reduce…
Rarely Seen ‘Red Sprites’ Have Been Glimpsed in The Sky Above Chile : ScienceAlert
This new image, taken of the skies above Chile’s Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory, shows bright red streaks in the sky known as red…
World’s Most Popular Herbicide Causes Dramatic Convulsions in Worms : ScienceAlert
The notorious weed-killer, Roundup, originally made by Monsanto and acquired by Bayer, has been found to cause seizure-like convulsions in roundworms. When a soil-dwelling species, Caenorhabditis elegans, was exposed to…
Extreme Lookalikes May Share Much Deeper Ties Than We Ever Realized : ScienceAlert
It appears there’s more to a doppelgänger than meets the eye. DNA analyses of 16 look-alike couples have revealed some unrelated people with super similar faces also have similar heights,…
NASA Recorded The Sound From a Black Hole, and It’s Super Eerie : ScienceAlert
NASA has released a haunting audio clip of sound waves rippling out of a supermassive black hole, located 250 million light-years away. The black hole is at the center of…
This Caterpillar-Like Organism May Be Crawling Around in Your Mouth Right Now : ScienceAlert
You are very special. You’re an individual with thoughts, feelings, your own unique set of experiences. And you’re so warm and moist – an ambulatory habitat for trillions of tiny,…
Scientist Identify a Compound With a Memory : ScienceAlert
It isn’t alive, and has no structures even approaching the complexity of the brain, but a compound called vanadium dioxide is capable of ‘remembering’ previous external stimuli, researchers have found.…
Water Can Separate Into 2 Different Liquids. We Just Got Closer to Knowing Why : ScienceAlert
The dazzling beauty of a snowflake is testament to the amazing shapes water can form below freezing point. Placed under pressure, the elegant dance of the H2O molecule contorts into…
Your Body Won’t Be The Same by The Time You Get to Mars, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
In the coming decade, in 2033, NASA and China intend to send astronauts to Mars for the first time in history. This presents numerous challenges, ranging from logistical and technical…
Narcissists Seem Drawn to Conspiracy Theories, But Why? : ScienceAlert
Previous research shows that people identified as narcissists – those with an inflated sense of their own importance, a lack of empathy, and a need for attention – are more…
Reprogrammable ‘genetic Circuits’ May Eventually Help Plants Adapt to Climate Change : ScienceAlert
Geneticists at Stanford University have figured out a way to carefully control the structure of plant roots as they grow and branch. By manipulating the depth and shape of a…
Massive Review Shows Vitamin D Really Does Seem to Ease Depressive Symptoms : ScienceAlert
Our bodies need the right amount of vitamin D to function as normal – both physically and mentally – and there’s a growing amount of evidence out there linking a…
Women’s Libidos Increase When Partners Do Their Share of The Chores, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
When a comic about “mental load” went viral in 2017, it sparked conversations about the invisible workload women carry. Even when women are in paid employment, they remember their mother-in-law’s…
This Is The First Plant We Should Grow on Mars, New Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Once we’ve overcome all the challenges involved in getting to Mars, we’ll then have to figure out how to make life sustainable there – and growing and cultivating crops is…
Protons Could Contain a Smaller Particle That Is Heavier Than The Proton Itself : ScienceAlert
Protons may have more “charm” than we thought, new research suggests. A proton is one of the subatomic particles that make up the nucleus of an atom. As small as…
Scientists May Have Identified The Neurons That Give Birth to Fear : ScienceAlert
It’s sometimes said that you can smell fear, when, in fact, the signals that generate fear are often multi-sensory. A fire, for instance, has heat, smoke, and smell to give…
The Relationship Between Posture and Back Pain Isn’t What You Think : ScienceAlert
Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Most people experience an episode of back pain in their lifetime. It often emerges during adolescence and becomes more common in…
Astronomers Have Discovered a Black Hole Jet That Is 50 Times Larger Than Its Galaxy : ScienceAlert
Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet…
Some Artificial Sweeteners May Have a Not-So-Sweet Impact on Our Bodies : ScienceAlert
Just because an artificial sweetener has zero or very few calories doesn’t mean there are zero (or very few) health consequences to consuming the sachet. A randomized controlled trial recently…
Asteroid Ryugu Reveals Ancient Grains of Stardust Older Than The Solar System : ScienceAlert
Tiny fragments of rock brought back from an asteroid in near-Earth solar orbit are so old, they predate the Solar System. A new analysis of samples of asteroid Ryugu has…
Scientists Think They’ve Found a Shockingly Simple Way to Degrade ‘Forever Chemicals’ : ScienceAlert
A team of scientists has discovered a simple, low-energy way to break apart one of the largest groups of ‘forever chemicals’, nefarious pollutants that have been linked to environmental harm…
The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins And The Results Are Wild : ScienceAlert
A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in our first ever footage from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America. The…
Never Shower During a Thunderstorm. A Physicist Explains Why : ScienceAlert
The Met Office has issued several “yellow thunderstorm warnings” for the UK, highlighting the potential for frequent lightning. While your chance of getting struck by lightning is low, it’s important…
There’s Another Way To Use Boomerangs That Most People Don’t Know About : ScienceAlert
A wooden boomerang might not possess the many arms of a Swiss army knife, but the uses of this ingenious tool by Australia’s First Nations peoples are manifold. This wooden,…
A Strong Solar Storm Could Be Heading Our Way. Here’s What We Know : ScienceAlert
Earth is about to be lashed by solar storms, according to reports from several space weather agencies around the world. Thanks to the double whammy of a high solar wind…
Weird Creature With No Butt May Not Be Our Ancient Ancestor After All : ScienceAlert
Most families have a skeleton in the closet. One where Cousin Jo or Great Uncle Bob turns out not to be a genetic relative after all. Now we all have…
‘Gifted’ Dogs Seem to Have This One Characteristic in Common : ScienceAlert
There’s a very special and very rare group of dogs known as Gifted Word Learners by researchers, and they have a particular talent: being able to learn the names of…
Scientists Have Found A New Way to Detect Alien Worlds Beyond Our Solar System : ScienceAlert
We have discovered thousands of exoplanets in recent years. Most have them have been discovered by the transit method, where an optical telescope measures the brightness of a star over…
A Snake-Lover Built Robotic Legs For a Snake, and It’s Insane : ScienceAlert
First, they lost their front legs. Then, their hind legs. Now, all they can do is slither. It’s been around 100 million years since a trio of genetic tweaks deprived…
‘Extreme Heat Belt’ to Snare 100 Million Americans in Decades, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
The heat waves scorching the US this summer may just be the beginning of an extreme heat belt forming across the country. “If people think this was hot – this…
You’re Probably Taking Your Pills Wrong, New Study Finds : ScienceAlert
When you pop a pill, it begins a long and convoluted journey into your stomach, through the twisting intestines, and then into the bloodstream. But its absorption might be hindered…
Scientists Achieved Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion… But Now They Can’t Replicate It : ScienceAlert
Scientists have confirmed that last year, for the first time in the lab, they achieved a fusion reaction that self-perpetuates (instead of fizzling out) – bringing us closer to replicating…
Jupiter’s Ice Moon Europa Probably Has Upside Down, Underwater Snow : ScienceAlert
The shell of Jupiter’s famous ice moon may be formed, in part, by pure underwater snow that floats up instead of falling down. A new study, published in the August…
For The First Time, Scientists Have Named a Heat Wave. Here’s Why It’s a Big Deal : ScienceAlert
For the first time, scientists have named a heat wave. They called it Zoe. According to USA Today, the Spanish scientists bestowed the moniker on a heat wave that sent…
Hidden ‘Hunger Stones’ Reveal Drought Warnings From The Past : ScienceAlert
An intense drought is shrinking rivers across Europe, revealing stones carved centuries ago to give future generations a warning of hard times ahead. The Miami Herald reported that locals said…
These Asteroid Particles May Be Our Most ‘Pristine’ Sample of The Outer Solar System : ScienceAlert
Rubble retrieved from an asteroid in near-Earth solar orbit could be the most ‘pristine’ sample of cosmic rock we’ve had our primate paws on yet. According to a new, in-depth…
A Nuclear War Could Starve Billions, But One Country May Be Safer Than The Rest : ScienceAlert
It starts with a single mushroom-shaped cloud the world hoped to never see again. Retaliation prompts tit-for-tat attacks, each intended to end this latest War of All Wars, until a…
Scientists Just Broke The World Record For The Most Powerful Stable Magnetic Field : ScienceAlert
A hybrid magnet in China has just smashed the previous record for the most powerful stable magnetic field, scientists claim. At the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Steady High Magnetic Field…
Why Do Kids Get Worms, And What Can You Do to Prevent It? : ScienceAlert
As a parent, it might feel like you are constantly giving your children worm treatments – usually in the form of chocolate or sweetened chewable tablets. In fact, most kids…
Scientists Say ‘space Bubbles’ Could Shield Earth From The Sun, But Would It Work? : ScienceAlert
Climate change is a real problem. Human-caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main driver of an unprecedented rise in global average temperatures at a…
Scientists Gave Young Mice The Blood of Old Mice. Then Things Got Weird : ScienceAlert
The elixir of life remains the stuff of legend, but aging the young before their time may not be as far-fetched. In a new experiment, young mice briefly experienced signs…
Clinical Trial Restored Sight to 20 People With Corneas Made From An Unlikely Source : ScienceAlert
Implants made from pig skin have restored sight to 20 people with diseased corneas, in an exciting pilot clinical trial. Many of the patients were blind before receiving the help…
Many Cat Lovers Are Giving Their Cats Unwanted Affection, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
A new study reveals that people who consider themselves knowledgeable and experienced cat parents may in fact be giving their felines too much affection – or at least not putting…