Dead Cells Are Cleared From The Body in a Surprisingly Cannibalistic Way

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CellEating.jpg" alt="Dead Cells Are Cleared From The Body in a Surprisingly Cannibalistic Way"/>"It's so elegant in its simplicity."

https://www.sciencealert.com/dead-cells-are-cleared-from-the-body-in-a-surprisingly-cannibalistic-way


Controversial 'Mutant Breeding' Fad Is Endangering The Health of Pets

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/SphynxKittenCloseUpHalfTheBullyCatMutantBreed.jpg" alt="Sphynx breed of kitten"/>A disturbing trend.

https://www.sciencealert.com/controversial-mutant-breeding-fad-is-endangering-the-health-of-pets


Astronauts to Wear Prada For Humanity's Return to The Moon

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/prada-spacesuit.jpg" alt="Astronauts to Wear Prada For Humanity's Return to The Moon"/>The secret is out.

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronauts-to-wear-prada-for-humanitys-return-to-the-moon


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This Small Tweak Makes a Huge Difference to Your Daily Walk

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-03/processed/PersonWalkingInTrainers_600.jpg" alt="Feet in trainers walking"/>You could be getting more out of your steps.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-small-tweak-makes-a-huge-difference-to-your-daily-walk


Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Better Survive Marine Heatwaves, Study Shows

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/CoralBeingExperimentedOnInTheLaboratory.jpg" alt="Coral being experimented on in a laboratory"/>But we need to do so much more.

https://www.sciencealert.com/heat-tolerant-corals-can-better-survive-marine-heatwaves-study-shows


Scientists Discover Rain's Key Role Supporting Early Life on Earth

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/DNAmoleculeEmergingFromRandomGlowyBlobs.jpg" alt="DNA looking blurry"/>Rain paved the way.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-rains-key-role-supporting-early-life-on-earth


Eerie Discovery on Mars Looks Exactly Like a Human Face

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/mars-head.jpg" alt="Eerie Discovery on Mars Looks Exactly Like a Human Face"/>Can you see it?

https://www.sciencealert.com/eerie-discovery-on-mars-looks-exactly-like-a-human-face


Cats Basically Are a Liquid After All, Study Confirms

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/bidet-cat.jpg" alt="Cats Basically Are a Liquid After All, Study Confirms"/>We knew it!

https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-basically-are-a-liquid-after-all-study-confirms


Secret Tomb Discovered in One of Archaeology's Most Famous Wonders

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/PetraFacade.jpg" alt="Secret Tomb Discovered in One of Archaeology's Most Famous Wonders"/>"The discovery is of international significance."

https://sciencealert.com/secret-tomb-discovered-in-one-of-archaeologys-most-famous-wonders


Human Babies Have a 1:1 Sex Ratio, Unlike Many Animals. But Why?

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HumanBabiesDressedAsAnimals.jpg"/>Scientists are unraveling the mystery.

https://sciencealert.com/human-babies-have-a-11-sex-ratio-unlike-many-animals-but-why


Your IQ in High School Can Predict Your Alcohol Use Later in Life

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/IQAlcohol.jpg" alt="Your IQ in High School Can Predict Your Alcohol Use Later in Life"/>Wait, what?

https://sciencealert.com/your-iq-in-high-school-can-predict-your-alcohol-use-later-in-life


We Finally Know Where Most Meteorites on Earth Actually Came From

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/MeteoriteFromAlgeria.jpg" alt="Meteorite From Algeria"/>A mystery from millions of years ago.

https://sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-where-most-meteorites-on-earth-actually-came-from


It's Official: NASA Declares The Solar Maximum Is Happening Now

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/sunspots-6-august-2024.jpg"/>For years we've been building to this.

https://sciencealert.com/its-official-nasa-declares-the-solar-maximum-is-happening-now


October's Supermoon Is The Largest of 2024 – Here's When to See It

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2023/08/BlueSuperMoon.jpg" alt="A huge bright moon with a person walking in front of it"/>The brightest one all year too!

https://sciencealert.com/octobers-supermoon-is-the-largest-of-2024-heres-when-to-see-it


We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/BrainInjuryCOVID.jpg" alt="We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury"/>"A site of vulnerability to long-term effects."

https://sciencealert.com/we-just-got-more-evidence-that-long-covid-is-a-brain-injury


Experts Reveal The 'Secret Engine' Behind Science's Endless Growth

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/satellite_sunrise.jpg" alt="satellite over earth's surface"/>Some said it would never last.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-reveal-the-secret-engine-behind-sciences-endless-growth


Study Reveals The Brain Divides The Day Into Chapters Like a Book

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/GirlReadsBookByTorch.jpg" alt="Girl Reads Book By Torch"/>The story of life.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-the-brain-divides-the-day-into-chapters-like-a-book


Deodorant Can Generate Air Pollution That Rivals Urban Smog

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/man_using_deodorant_spray.jpg" alt="man using a deodorant spray"/>"I know this is difficult to hear."

https://www.sciencealert.com/deodorant-can-generate-air-pollution-that-rivals-urban-smog


We Finally Know What The Head of This Giant 9-Foot Bug Looked Like

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/ArthropleuraAncientMillipedeAndCentipedeRelativeFront.jpg" alt="We Finally Know What The Head of This Giant 9-Foot Bug Looked Like"/>A creepy-crawly the size of a car.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-what-the-head-of-this-giant-9-foot-bug-looked-like


Music Has a Profound Effect on People With Dementia

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/GettyImages-918748694.jpg" alt="senior man with headphones"/>Here's why.

https://www.sciencealert.com/music-has-a-profound-effect-on-people-with-dementia


Mysterious Space Plane X-37B to Try 'First of a Kind' Maneuvers in Orbit

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/x37b_orbiting_vehicle_aerobraking.jpg" alt="artist impression of x-37b vehicle aerobraking"/>Groundbreaking stuff.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-space-plane-x-37b-to-try-first-of-a-kind-maneuvers-in-orbit


Promising Treatment For Devastating Brain Disease Can Cause Cancer

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/reduced_white_matter.jpg" alt="Promising Treatment For Devastating Brain Disease Can Cause Cancer"/>A terrible choice.

https://www.sciencealert.com/promising-treatment-for-devastating-brain-disease-can-cause-cancer


Misophonia Has Genetic Links to Anxiety And Depression, Study Shows

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/CloseUpOfManTakingABiteOfMandarinMisophonia.jpg" alt="Misophonia Has Genetic Links to Anxiety And Depression, Study Shows"/>A profile of this mysterious condition is emerging.

https://www.sciencealert.com/misophonia-has-genetic-links-to-anxiety-and-depression-study-shows


Human DNA Found in Lions' Teeth Confirms a Tragic Legend of History

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/LionTeethUpCloseNotTerrifyingAtAll.jpg" alt="A close up of huge, deteriorating teeth"/>A century-old mystery.

https://www.sciencealert.com/human-dna-found-in-lions-teeth-confirms-a-tragic-legend-of-history


Microplastics Absorbed by Fetus Persist After Birth, Study in Mice Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/11/NewbornBabyWithEyeOpen.jpg" alt="Newborn Baby With Eye Open"/>This is a huge problem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-absorbed-by-fetus-persist-after-birth-study-in-mice-finds


TikTok Says Cough Medicine Can Help You Get Pregnant. Here's The Science.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/woman_pregnancy_test.jpg" alt="woman looking at a pregnancy test"/>The truth about Mucinex.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiktok-says-cough-medicine-can-help-you-get-pregnant-heres-the-science


Google Pivots to Nuclear Reactors to Power Its Artificial Intelligence

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/google_office-_sign.jpg" alt="google building sign"/>Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/google-pivots-to-nuclear-reactors-to-power-its-artificial-intelligence


NASA Mission Launches to Probe For Alien Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/europa_mission_launch.jpg" alt="Spacecraft launch"/>Could this be it?

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-mission-launches-to-probe-for-alien-life-on-jupiters-ocean-moon


Scientists Discover 'Skinny Genes' That Make It Easier to Lose Weight

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/RunningWoman.jpg" alt="Running woman"/>It's not just about willpower.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-skinny-genes-that-make-it-easier-to-lose-weight


Drinking Caffeine May Reduce Alzheimer's Clumps in The Brain, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/woman_drinking_coffee.jpg" alt="woman drinking coffee"/>The evidence is mounting.

https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-caffeine-may-reduce-alzheimers-clumps-in-the-brain-study-finds


DNA Reveals a Surprise Twist About Christopher Columbus

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/PortraitOfColumbus.jpg" alt="DNA Reveals a Surprise Twist About Christopher Columbus"/>Could the conspiracy theories be true?

https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-reveals-a-surprise-twist-about-christopher-columbus


'Absolutely Wild': Viruses Are Teeming on Your Toothbrush And Showerhead

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/VirusesToothbrush.jpg"/>You've got company.

https://www.sciencealert.com/absolutely-wild-viruses-are-teeming-on-your-toothbrush-and-showerhead


Mysterious Tick-Borne Virus in China Uncovered by Scientists

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/TickOnSkin.jpg" alt="tick on skin"/>Are new tick-borne diseases on the rise?

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-tick-borne-virus-in-china-uncovered-by-scientists


WATCH: Amazing Moment as SpaceX Catches Giant Starship Booster

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/SpaceXCatchesBooster.jpg" alt="SpaceX Catches Booster"/>Simply incredible to see.

https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-amazing-moment-as-spacex-catches-giant-starship-booster


Can't Hear People When It's Noisy? A Study Links This to Dementia Risk

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-02/processed/mimi-thian-lp1AKIUV3yo-unsplash_1_600.jpg"/>This might be hard for some to hear.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cant-hear-people-when-its-noisy-a-study-links-this-to-dementia-risk


Study: Parents Who Use Humor May Have Better Relationships With Kids

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/ParentingHumor.jpg"/>No joke.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-parents-who-use-humor-may-have-better-relationships-with-kids


Isometric Exercise: Why This Workout Regime Is So Good For You

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/PeoplePlanking.jpg" alt="People Planking"/>Exercise doesn't have to be vigorous.

https://www.sciencealert.com/isometric-exercise-why-this-workout-regime-is-so-good-for-you


Can a Supplement Really Help Control Your Pesky Eye Floaters?

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/07/ExtremeCloseUpOfBlueGreenHumanEye.jpg" alt="An extreme close-up of a human eye."/>A look at the science.

https://www.sciencealert.com/can-a-supplement-really-help-control-your-pesky-eye-floaters


Planets That May Host Life Could Be Facing a Devastating Threat

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/YoungRedDwarf.jpg" alt="Planets That May Host Life Could Be Facing a Devastating Threat"/>There's more to life than water.

https://www.sciencealert.com/planets-that-may-host-life-could-be-facing-a-devastating-threat


Voice Cloning Sounds Like Science Fiction, But It's Already Happening

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/Green-Woman-On-Headset.jpg" alt="Green Woman On Headset"/>The potential to impact millions of people.

https://www.sciencealert.com/voice-cloning-sounds-like-science-fiction-but-its-already-happening


Scientists Discover How Complex Molecules May Have Stabilized to Spark Life on Earth

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/RNAStrand.jpg" alt="RNA strand"/>A surprise assistant?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-how-complex-molecules-may-have-stabilized-to-spark-life-on-earth


Smelling Something Dangerous May Put The Immune System on High Alert

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/RoundwormSmell.jpg" alt="Smelling Something Dangerous May Put The Immune System on High Alert"/>A pre-emptive response.

https://www.sciencealert.com/smelling-something-dangerous-may-put-the-immune-system-on-high-alert


This Photo of Earth Taken From Space Will Give You All The Feels

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/earth-sliver.jpg" alt="This Photo of Earth Taken From Space Will Give You All The Feels"/>So beautiful...

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-photo-of-earth-taken-from-space-will-give-you-all-the-feels


Imitation Ozempic Is Flooding The Market: Here's What You Need to Know

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HandsOpeningBox.jpg" alt="Hands Opening Box"/>"These products come with real risks."

https://www.sciencealert.com/imitation-ozempic-is-flooding-the-market-heres-what-you-need-to-know


Being Lonely Can Literally Give You Nightmares, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/NightmareSleep.jpg" alt="Girl in bed"/>A terrifying truth revealed.

https://www.sciencealert.com/being-lonely-can-literally-give-you-nightmares-study-finds


Does Stress Really Turn Your Hair Gray?

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/ManChecksHair.jpg" alt="Man checks hair"/>And can you slow it down?

https://www.sciencealert.com/does-stress-really-turn-your-hair-gray


Sharks Go Absolutely Wild For Sea Urchins, New Footage Reveals

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/shark-eating-sea-urchin.jpg" alt="Sharks Go Absolutely Wild For Sea Urchins, New Footage Reveals"/>Quite a mouthful.

https://www.sciencealert.com/sharks-go-absolutely-wild-for-sea-urchins-new-footage-reveals


Scientists Discover a Mysterious 'Sixth Sense' Hidden in Geckos

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/happy_gecko.jpg" alt="gecko with mouth open"/>And they might not be the only ones to have it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-mysterious-sixth-sense-hidden-in-geckos


This Asteroid May Help Reveal a Fifth Fundamental Force in The Universe

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/BennuPicture.jpg" alt="Bennu asteroid"/>But does the fifth force of nature really exist?

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-asteroid-may-help-reveal-a-fifth-fundamental-force-in-the-universe


TikTok Says Cinnamon in Coffee Helps You Burn Fat. Here's The Truth.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/WomanDrinksCoffee.jpg" alt="woman drinks coffee"/>Donut ignore this.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiktok-says-cinnamon-in-coffee-helps-you-burn-fat-heres-the-truth


Hurricanes: The 3 Key Reasons Why So Many People Don't Evacuate

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HurricaneMilton.jpg" alt="Hurricane Milton"/>Even in the face of extreme danger.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hurricanes-the-3-key-reasons-why-so-many-people-dont-evacuate


Solar Storm Lashing Earth May Impact Hurricane Recovery, Experts Warn

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/SolarFlareOnSun.jpg" alt="Solar Flare On Sun"/>Extreme conditions on multiple fronts.

https://www.sciencealert.com/solar-storm-lashing-earth-may-impact-hurricane-recovery-experts-warn


Giant Magnetic Halo Discovered Wrapped Around The Milky Way

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/bubble-smagnetic.jpg" alt="Giant Magnetic Halo Discovered Wrapped Around The Milky Way"/>The first detailed measurements are revealed.

https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-magnetic-halo-discovered-wrapped-around-the-milky-way


Quitting Smoking Even at 75 Can Increase Life Expectancy, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/OldManSmoking.jpg" alt="Old Man Smoking"/>It's never too late.

https://www.sciencealert.com/quitting-smoking-even-at-75-can-increase-life-expectancy-study-finds


Intermittent Fasting Could Help Millions of Americans With Metabolic Syndrome

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/IntermittentFasting.jpg" alt="Food on plate"/>Over one-third of the US is affected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/intermittent-fasting-could-help-millions-of-americans-with-metabolic-syndrome


It's World Mental Health Day: Here's How to Tell If You're Burnt Out

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/TiredWorkerFeelsFatigue.jpg" alt="Tired Worker Feels Fatigue"/>Recognizing the warning signs is important.

https://www.sciencealert.com/its-world-mental-health-day-heres-how-to-tell-if-youre-burnt-out


A Severe Solar Storm Is Expected to Strike Earth This Week

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/SolarFlareOctober8.jpg" alt="Close up of sun with flares"/>This could trigger auroras as far south as Alabama.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-severe-solar-storm-is-expected-to-strike-earth-this-week


Ingenious AI Solution to Protein Puzzle Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/ProteinFoldingInto3DStructure.jpg" alt="A cylinder shape with pink spheres and blue strings"/>One of biology’s greatest challenges.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ingenious-ai-solution-to-protein-puzzle-wins-nobel-prize-in-chemistry


'Concerning' Study Reveals Baby Boomers Actually Have Worse Health

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/WalkingStick.jpg" alt="Senior people with a walking stick"/>A worrying trend.

https://www.sciencealert.com/concerning-study-reveals-baby-boomers-actually-have-worse-health


Hurricane Milton Set to Strike Florida as Experts Warn More Storms to Come

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HurricanMiltonOverFlorida.jpg" alt="Hurricane Milton over Florida"/>Is this the new normal?

https://www.sciencealert.com/hurricane-milton-set-to-strike-florida-as-experts-warn-more-storms-to-come


Your Blood Type Affects Your Risk of an Early Stroke, Scientists Discover

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/02/GlovedHandHoldsBloodVial-1024x415.jpg" alt="Gloved Hand Holds Blood Vial"/>It's important to know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-blood-type-affects-your-risk-of-an-early-stroke-scientists-discover


Scientists Mapped The Human Brain's Sewage System For The First Time

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/BrainWasteRemovalNetwork.jpg" alt="MRI scans of brains with red arrows"/>The plumbing goes deep.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-mapped-the-human-brains-sewage-system-for-the-first-time


Nanostructures Found in Deep Sea Vents Generate Energy Without Life

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HydrothermalVents.jpg" alt="Hydrothermal vents"/>Clues to life's origins on Earth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nanostructures-found-in-deep-sea-vents-generate-energy-without-life


Nobel Prize in Physics: How Hopfield And Hinton's AI Changed Our World

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/NobelPrize2024_Cover.jpg"/>You might be using their work right now.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nobel-prize-in-physics-how-hopfield-and-hintons-ai-changed-our-world


Astronauts Capture Hurricane Milton at Category 5 From Space

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HurricaneMiltonFromSpaceISSGIF-1.gif" alt="A view of Earth from a spacecraft"/>A monster storm is approaching Florida.

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronauts-capture-hurricane-milton-at-category-5-from-space


Scientists Explain What a Good Night's Sleep Actually Looks Like

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/GoodNightSleep.jpg" alt="Scientists Explain What a Good Night's Sleep Actually Looks Like"/>Some myths busted here.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-explain-what-a-good-nights-sleep-actually-looks-like


World First: Stem Cells Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in Clinical Trial

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/PancreasIsletCells.jpg"/>There's hope for a cure.

https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-stem-cells-reverse-type-1-diabetes-in-clinical-trial


Scientists Studying Earth's Trees Issue a Bleak Warning to Humanity

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/02/MushroomShapedDragonsbloodTree-1024x415.jpg" alt="Mushroom-Shaped Dragonsblood Tree"/>This is urgent.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-studying-earths-trees-issue-a-bleak-warning-to-humanity


This Extra-Puffy 'Popcorn' Planet Is A Cosmic Oddity That Just Got Weirder

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/wasp-107b-asymmetry.jpg" alt="This Extra-Puffy 'Popcorn' Planet Is A Cosmic Oddity That Just Got Weirder"/>"It's actually amazing."

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-extra-puffy-popcorn-planet-is-a-cosmic-oddity-that-just-got-weirder


This Fish's 'Legs' Evolved a Special Sense to Find Food Hidden in The Sand

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FishHeader.jpg" alt="Northern sea robin"/>Too weird.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-fishs-legs-evolved-a-special-sense-to-find-food-hidden-in-the-sand


Study Reveals How Major Cancer-Causing Mutation Triggers Disease

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/RNALink.jpg" alt="RNA link"/>And we may be able to stop it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-how-major-cancer-causing-mutation-triggers-disease


Mystery Bird Flu Case Raises Concerns of Human-to-Human Spread

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/chicken_bird_flu_story.jpg" alt="chicken in a chicken farm"/>We need to remain vigilant.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-bird-flu-case-raises-concerns-of-human-to-human-spread


Our Galaxy Could Be Falling Into a Colossal 'Basin of Attraction' That's as Old as Time

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/milky_way_local_supercluster.jpg" alt="local supercluster diagram"/>It's bigger than big.

https://www.sciencealert.com/our-galaxy-could-be-falling-into-a-colossal-basin-of-attraction-thats-as-old-as-time


Microbes Found Alive Sealed in Rock For 2 Billion Years

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/microbes-green.jpg" alt="Microbes Found Alive Sealed in Rock For 2 Billion Years"/>A time capsule of life.

https://www.sciencealert.com/microbes-found-alive-sealed-in-rock-for-2-billion-years


Hurricane Milton Exploded Into a Cat 5 Storm in Less Than a Day. Here's Why.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/hurricane_milton.gif" alt="hurricane milton"/>It's called rapid intensification.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hurricane-milton-exploded-into-a-cat-5-storm-in-less-than-a-day-heres-why


Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Began to Glow.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/11/black-hole-art-1024x415.jpg" alt="Scientists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow"/>An elusive radiation takes shape.

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-simulated-a-black-hole-in-the-lab-and-then-it-began-to-glow


Breakthrough Alzheimer's Drug Targets Key 'Hotspots' to Suppress Toxic Tangles

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/TauProteins.jpg" alt="Tau proteins"/>Taking out tau.

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-alzheimers-drug-targets-key-hotspots-to-suppress-toxic-tangles


Ghostly Glow of a Nuclear Power Station Was Detected in Pure Water 150 Miles Away

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/04/sno-1024x415.jpg" alt="blue dots on the inside of a dome"/>Incredible physics.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ghostly-glow-of-a-nuclear-power-station-was-detected-in-pure-water-150-miles-away


Owning a Dog Can Affect Your Health in a Variety of Ways

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/dog_licking_a_woman.jpg" alt="dog licking woman's face"/>For better and for worse.

https://www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-dog-can-affect-your-health-in-a-variety-of-ways


Tiny Black Holes Could Lurk Inside Asteroids, Moons, or Even Planets Like Ours

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/tiny_black_holes_in_planets.jpg" alt="Tiny Black Holes Could Lurk Inside Asteroids, Moons, or Even Planets Like Ours"/>Here's what to look for.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-black-holes-could-lurk-inside-asteroids-moons-or-even-planets-like-ours


Dolphins May Actually Smile at One Another For The Same Reasons We Do

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/SmilingBottlenose.jpg" alt="Dolphins May Actually Smile at One Another For The Same Reasons We Do"/>Hi friend!

https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-may-actually-smile-at-one-another-for-the-same-reasons-we-do


Experts Advise When You Should Replace Your Old Running Shoes

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/green_running_shoe.jpg" alt="green running shoe"/>Three signs it's time.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-advise-when-you-should-replace-your-old-running-shoes


Forget Superconductors: Electrons Living on The Edge Could Unlock Perfect Power

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/AtomEdge.jpg" alt="Atom edge"/>This has never been seen before.

https://www.sciencealert.com/forget-superconductors-electrons-living-on-the-edge-could-unlock-perfect-power


Nearby Dwarf Planet Could Have a Crust That's 90% Water

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2020-08/processed/ceres-ocean_600.jpg" alt="Mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres point to secret underground ocean"/>A giant, dirty snowball.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nearby-dwarf-planet-could-have-a-crust-thats-90-water


Record Discovery: Three Large Stars Locked in a Space Smaller Than Mercury's Orbit

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/trinary.jpg"/>A relationship doomed to end in heartbreak.

https://www.sciencealert.com/record-discovery-three-large-stars-locked-in-a-space-smaller-than-mercurys-orbit


Many Species Yawn Together, But Not For The Reasons We Expect

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/KittenLyingDownOnCarpetYawning.jpg" alt="Kitten ling down on carpet yawning"/>Is it really contagious?

https://www.sciencealert.com/many-species-yawn-together-but-not-for-the-reasons-we-expect


A Few Brazil Nuts Each Day Could Be Just The Thing Your Stressed Gut Needs

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/BrazilNuts.jpg" alt="Brazil nuts in a bowl"/>Just don't overdo it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-few-brazil-nuts-each-day-could-be-just-the-thing-your-stressed-gut-needs


Could a 'Lucky Fish' Help Lift Your Iron? An Expert Explains.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/lucky_iron_fish.jpg" alt="iron fish"/>It's not so simple.

https://www.sciencealert.com/could-a-lucky-fish-help-lift-your-iron-an-expert-explains


Study Reveals How Much Exercise You Need Weekly To Control Your Blood Pressure

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-04/processed/GettyImages-492708704-Edit_600.jpg" alt="Here's how much exercise works best for controlling your blood pressure"/>You can do this.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-how-much-exercise-you-need-weekly-to-control-your-blood-pressure


Pronouns Are Closely Linked to Names in Our Brains, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ShrekCloseUpBigFace.jpg" alt="a close up of Shrek"/>Down to the same neuron firing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/pronouns-are-closely-linked-to-names-in-our-brains-study-finds


Stunningly Preserved Bones of Extinct Caribbean Monkey Found by Divers

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/Cueva-Macho-taken-by-our-coauthor-photographer-and-cave-diver-Phillip-Lehman-1.jpg" alt="Stunningly Preserved Bones of Extinct Caribbean Monkey Found by Divers"/>Lost for millennia.

https://www.sciencealert.com/stunningly-preserved-bones-of-extinct-caribbean-monkey-found-by-divers


Scientists Found a Cannabis Compound Inside a Totally Different Plant

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/06/TypeOfTremaMicranthaPlantFromBrazil.jpg" alt="A type of leafy green plant with green berries turning to red."/>Hiding in plain sight!

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-cannabis-compound-inside-a-totally-different-plant


Watch The Smallest Water Droplet Ever Seen Grow, Molecule by Molecule

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/water-drop.jpg" alt="Watch The Smallest Water Droplet Ever Seen Grow, Molecule by Molecule"/>Where baby rain drops come from.

https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-the-smallest-water-droplet-ever-seen-grow-molecule-by-molecule


Some Filters Are Better Than Others at Removing Forever Chemicals From Your Water

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/hand_tap_water.jpg" alt="a person pouring water from a tap"/>Boiling it won't work.

https://www.sciencealert.com/some-filters-are-better-than-others-at-removing-forever-chemicals-from-your-water


The Early Universe Could Have Been Full of Very Dark Holes

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/black_hole_blue_rim.jpg" alt="The Early Universe Could Have Been Full of Very Dark Holes"/>When dark stars collapse.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-early-universe-could-have-been-full-of-very-dark-holes


Genes Linked to Epilepsy Revealed in Study of Over 50,000 People

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/ActiveNeuron.jpg" alt="Active neuron"/>Opening new paths to diagnosis and treatment.

https://www.sciencealert.com/genes-linked-to-epilepsy-revealed-in-study-of-over-50000-people


Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-11/processed/AlzheimersDiseaseAmyloidPlaque_600.jpg" alt="Amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's Disease"/>The evidence is mounting.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-500000-medical-records-links-viruses-with-alzheimers-again-and-again


Wegovy's Older Cousin Could Soon Be Sold Cheap. Here's How They Compare.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/saxenda_injection.jpg" alt="weight loss drugs"/>They both reduce hunger.

https://www.sciencealert.com/wegovys-older-cousin-could-soon-be-sold-cheap-heres-how-they-compare


Changes in The Moon's Gravity Hint at Unexpected Movement Deep Beneath Its Surface

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/MoltenMoon.jpg" alt="Molten Moon"/>Going with the flow.

https://www.sciencealert.com/changes-in-the-moons-gravity-hint-at-unexpected-movement-deep-beneath-its-surface


Gravity Magnified a Supernova, Adding a Twist to The Hubble Tension

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/supernova-hope.jpg" alt="Gravity Magnified a Supernova, Adding a Twist to The Hubble Tension"/>We're getting closer to solving one of biggest problems in cosmology.

https://www.sciencealert.com/gravity-magnified-a-supernova-adding-a-twist-to-the-hubble-tension


US Hurricane Death Toll Is 300 Times Official Counts, Study Estimates

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/ManInFloodWaterAfterHurricane.jpg" alt="A man walking in hip deep flood waters"/>"Nobody knew this was happening."

https://www.sciencealert.com/us-hurricane-death-toll-is-300-times-official-counts-study-estimates


Location of Impulse Control Found in Brain, May Help Parkinson's Patients

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/OldHands.jpg" alt="Old hands"/>This could mean better treatments.

https://www.sciencealert.com/location-of-impulse-control-found-in-brain-may-help-parkinsons-patients


Most Powerful Solar Flare in 7 Years Blasts Earth: Expect Stunning Auroras

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/flarex90.jpg"/>We have INCOMING.

https://www.sciencealert.com/most-powerful-solar-flare-in-7-years-blasts-earth-expect-stunning-auroras


Smoking Ban For Gen Z Could Save 1.2 Million Lives, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/red_haired_teen_smoking.jpg" alt="red haired teen smoking"/>There's more we can do.

https://www.sciencealert.com/smoking-ban-for-gen-z-could-save-1-2-million-lives-study-finds


One Dietary Supplement Found to Reduce Aggression by Up to 28%

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/06/AngryManWithBeardSideOn_2024.jpg" alt="A side profile of an angry looking man"/>A new tool for anger management?

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-dietary-supplement-found-to-reduce-aggression-by-up-to-28


CERN Confirms Ultra-Rare Particle Transformation, Hints at New Physics

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/na62.jpg" alt="CERN Confirms Ultra-Rare Particle Transformation, Hints at New Physics"/>It's real.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cern-confirms-ultra-rare-particle-transformation-hints-at-new-physics


This Map of Every Neuron in an Adult Fly Brain Could Be Nobel Prize Worthy

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/NeuronMapAdultFruitFlyOnGreyBackground.jpg" alt="This Map of Every Neuron in an Adult Fly Brain Could Be Nobel Prize Worthy"/>An incredible first in neuroscience.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-map-of-every-neuron-in-an-adult-fly-brain-could-be-nobel-prize-worthy


Study Identifies Gut Microbe Imbalances That Predict Autism And ADHD

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/04/microbes_epithelium_gut_AD-1024x415.jpg" alt="Artist's impression of microbes on the gut lining."/>Years before symptoms appear.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-identifies-gut-microbe-imbalances-that-predict-autism-and-adhd


Brain Scans Reveal Why 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' Captivates Our Minds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/Girl-with-a-Pearl-Earring_cover1024.jpg" alt="Brain Scans Reveal Why 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' Captivates Our Minds"/>The neuroscience of art.

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-scans-reveal-why-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-captivates-our-minds


Nearly 40% of Young People Could Be Shortsighted by 2050

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/GlassesChildren.jpg"/>Scientists are looking into it...

https://www.sciencealert.com/nearly-40-of-young-people-could-be-shortsighted-by-2050


Type 1 Diabetes May Be Triggered by Bacterial Infections, Scientists Find

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/insulin.jpg" alt="insulin container"/>This could lead to new treatments.

https://www.sciencealert.com/type-1-diabetes-may-be-triggered-by-bacterial-infections-scientists-find


NASA Turns Off Voyager 2's Science Instrument as Power Supply Declines

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/VoyagerSpacecraft.jpg" alt="NASA Has Finally Identified The Reason Behind Voyager 1's Gibberish"/>After 47 years of space exploration.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-turns-off-voyager-2s-science-instrument-as-power-supply-declines


New Report Links Alcohol to Six Major Cancer Types

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2018-08/processed/alcohol_deaths_GBD_600.jpg" alt="six shot glasses"/>The statistics are sobering.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-report-links-alcohol-to-six-major-cancer-types


Perseverance Found a Zebra-Striped Rock on Mars, And NASA Is Excited

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/stripey-rock.jpg" alt="Perseverance Found a Zebra-Striped Rock on Mars, And NASA Is Excited"/>There may be nothing else like it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/perseverance-found-a-zebra-striped-rock-on-mars-and-nasa-is-excited


One Stage of Sleep Seems to Be Critical For Reducing Dementia Risk

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/11/SeniorPersonSleepingInDaylight.jpg" alt="Senior person sleeping in daylight"/>Our brains need it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-stage-of-sleep-seems-to-be-critical-for-reducing-dementia-risk


White Noise Is Like Music to These Microbes, And It Helps Them Thrive

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/FungiSoundWaves.jpg" alt="White Noise Is Like Music to These Microbes, And It Helps Them Thrive"/>This may have surprising benefits for us.

https://www.sciencealert.com/white-noise-is-like-music-to-these-microbes-and-it-helps-them-thrive


NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide on Surface of Pluto's Moon Charon

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/charon-redd_600.jpg" alt="Astronomers have finally figured out what that big red smudge on Charon is"/>And that's not all they found.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-detects-carbon-dioxide-on-surface-of-plutos-moon-charon


Genetic Tweaks in Astrocytes Could Be Key to Alzheimer's Treatment

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/09/AstrocytesDepictedInGreen.jpg" alt="A computer illustration of astrocytes"/>They can help take out the trash.

https://www.sciencealert.com/genetic-tweaks-in-astrocytes-could-be-key-to-alzheimers-treatment


Tiny Earth-Like World Discovered Orbiting Nearest Single Star to Earth

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/barnard-b.jpg" alt="Tiny Earth-Like World Discovered Orbiting Nearest Single Star to Earth"/>Our new teensy neighbor could help us search for life.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-earth-like-world-discovered-orbiting-nearest-single-star-to-earth


Swallowing May Trigger a Feel-Good Sensation in The Brain to Drive Eating

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/KidEating.jpg" alt="Kid eating"/>Could this explain why we crave food?

https://www.sciencealert.com/swallowing-may-trigger-a-feel-good-sensation-in-the-brain-to-drive-eating


Annular Solar Eclipse to Create Insane 'Ring of Fire' – Here's How to Watch

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/RIngOfFireAnnularEclipse2024.jpg"/>Don’t miss the final eclipse of 2024.

https://www.sciencealert.com/annular-solar-eclipse-to-create-insane-ring-of-fire-heres-how-to-watch


Hurricane Helene's Aftermath: North Carolina Faces a New Crisis

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/HurricaneHeleneAftermath.jpg"/>It could take years to recover.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hurricane-helenes-aftermath-north-carolina-faces-a-new-crisis


Mysterious Pacific Megastructure May Be Seafloor From Time of The Dinosaurs

<img width="1024" height="414" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/AnimationOfSubductionInTheAtlanticOcean.gif" alt="Mysterious Pacific Megastructure May Be Seafloor From Time of The Dinosaurs"/>Reaching through time.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-pacific-megastructure-may-be-seafloor-from-time-of-the-dinosaurs


Ohio Train Derailment's Toxic Fallout Lingered in The Worst Possible Places

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/national_guard_ohio_train_derail.jpg" alt="national guard in protective suits"/>A true catastrophe.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ohio-train-derailments-toxic-fallout-lingered-in-the-worst-possible-places


First New Schizophrenia Treatment in Decades a Much-Needed Alternative

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/10/woman_blurred_head.jpg" alt="motion blur off a woman's head"/>A game changer.

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-new-schizophrenia-treatment-in-decades-a-much-needed-alternative


Doomed Franklin Expedition Ate Their Captain, Bone Study Reveals

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CloseUpOfMandibleWithThreeTeeth-1.jpg" alt="A jaw bone and some teeth, with a red circle showing cut marks"/>The most desperate times.

https://www.sciencealert.com/doomed-franklin-expedition-ate-their-captain-bone-study-reveals


Scientists Made a Golden Lettuce That Comes With a Vitamin Boost

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/GoldenLettuce.jpg" alt="Golden lettuce"/>Eat your greens and golds.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-made-a-golden-lettuce-that-comes-with-a-vitamin-boost


Ant Queens Practice 'Hygienic Cannibalism' Out of Tough Love

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BlackGardenAntLarvae.jpg" alt="Ant Queens Practice 'Hygienic Cannibalism' Out of Tough Love"/>Don't mess with mama.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ant-queens-practice-hygienic-cannibalism-out-of-tough-love


An Act of River 'Piracy' Could Explain Why Everest Grew So Tall

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/Chomolungma.jpg" alt="An Act of River 'Piracy' Could Explain Why Everest Grew So Tall"/>No, not that kind.

https://www.sciencealert.com/an-act-of-river-piracy-could-explain-why-everest-grew-so-tall


Overlooked Weather Phenomenon Produces Gamma Rays in Our Atmosphere

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/lightning-storm.jpg" alt="Overlooked Weather Phenomenon Produces Gamma Rays in Our Atmosphere"/>Meteorologists didn't believe it at first.

https://www.sciencealert.com/overlooked-weather-phenomenon-produces-gamma-rays-in-our-atmosphere


Newly Discovered Comet Now Visible. Here's How to See 'Comet of The Year'.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/Tsuchinshan_ATLAS_comet.jpg" alt="Tsuchinshan_ATLAS from the space station"/>Don't miss this one.

https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-discovered-comet-now-visible-heres-how-to-see-comet-of-the-year


Valley Fever Expected to Spike Again This Fall. Here's Who's at Risk.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/valley_fever_fungus.jpg" alt="coccidoides graphic"/>It can be fatal.

https://www.sciencealert.com/valley-fever-expected-to-spike-again-this-fall-heres-whos-at-risk


Latest TikTok Acne Hack Could Put You at Serious Risk of Cancer

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/woman_with_acne_sunlight.jpg" alt="woman with acne, eyes closed in the sun"/>There are far safer methods.

https://www.sciencealert.com/latest-tiktok-acne-hack-could-put-you-at-serious-risk-of-cancer


NASA Is Going Ahead With Plans to Set a Time Zone on The Moon

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MoonPhoto.jpg" alt="Moon in the sky"/>A new era is coming for lunar exploration.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-pushing-ahead-with-plans-to-set-a-time-zone-on-the-moon


Not A Placebo: Study Finds Meditation Offers Genuine Pain Relief

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/EyesClosedWithPrayerHandsInBrightDaylight.jpg" alt="A feminine person with long brunette hair and closed eyes, holding hands together in front of their chest"/>It's all in your head - and that's exactly why it works.

https://www.sciencealert.com/not-a-placebo-study-finds-meditation-offers-genuine-pain-relief


Psychologist Explains How to Stop Using Food as a Coping Mechanism

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/LadyPushingTwoBrightlyColoredCupcakesIntoMount.jpg" alt="Lady pushing two brightly colored cupcakes into her mouth"/>Emotional eating be gone.

https://www.sciencealert.com/psychologist-explains-how-to-stop-using-food-as-a-coping-mechanism


Our Atmosphere Transforms Dust From The Sahara Into Minerals That Fuel Life

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/DustFromSaharaShroudingAtlanticTowardsAmericas.jpg" alt="Dust cloud from Sahara shrouding the Atlantic ocean"/>Everything’s connected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/our-atmosphere-transforms-dust-from-the-sahara-into-minerals-that-fuel-life


Your Sprained Ankle Can Also Be a Brain Injury. Here's How.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BandagedLegUpOnSeveralPillowsOnCouch.jpg" alt="Bandaged leg up on several cushions on couch"/>Wait, what?

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-sprained-ankle-can-also-be-a-brain-injury-heres-how


Position of Defibrillator Pads Makes a Huge Difference to Restarting Hearts

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/HeartbeatDiagramInRed-1024x415.jpg" alt="Heartbeat Diagram In Red"/>More than double the improvement.

https://www.sciencealert.com/position-of-defibrillator-pads-makes-a-huge-difference-to-restarting-hearts


Scientists Detected Signs of a Hidden Structure Inside Earth's Core

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/02/EarthsInnermostInnerCore-1024x415.jpg" alt="Earths Innermos tInner Core"/>A lost chapter in our planet's history.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-detected-signs-of-a-hidden-structure-inside-earths-core


Strange Discovery Finds Earth's Crust 'Dripping' Into The Planet's Belly

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/lake-tuz.jpg" alt="Strange Discovery Finds Earth's Crust 'Dripping' Into The Planet's Belly"/>Just quietly melting, nbd.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-discovery-finds-earths-crust-dripping-into-the-planets-belly


Unexpected Twist Saved Iberian Lynx From Extinction, Ancient DNA Reveals

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/PortraitOfAnIberianLynxFaceCloseUp.jpg" alt="Close up of an Iberian Lynx face"/>A fortunate encounter.

https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-twist-saved-iberian-lynx-from-extinction-ancient-dna-reveals


A Nearby Supernova May Have Boosted Diverse Life On Earth

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2020-08/processed/010-kepler-supernova_600.jpg"/>Did the ripples of a dying star contribute to our existence?

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-nearby-supernova-may-have-sparked-diverse-life-on-earth


Fossils Reveal The True Origin of The Oldest Tombstone in The US

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SmallTombstone.jpg" alt="Knight tombstone"/>Probably not next-day delivery.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fossils-reveal-the-true-origin-of-the-oldest-tombstone-in-the-us


Earth's Largest Organism Is Slowly Being Eaten, Scientist Says

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/OutlineofPando-1024x415.jpg" alt="Outline of Pando"/>Nothing lasts forever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-largest-organism-is-slowly-being-eaten-scientist-says


New Neutrino Detector Finally in Operation, And It Could Break Physics as We Know It

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ParticleDetector.jpg" alt="SBND detector"/>On the hunt for ghosts.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-neutrino-detector-finally-in-operation-and-it-could-break-physics-as-we-know-it


Tiny Black Holes Could Zip Through Our Solar System, Causing Mars to Wobble

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MarsWobble_DarkMatter.jpg" alt="Illustration of a black hole in a starry sky near Mars"/>Dark matter comes to us!

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-black-holes-could-zip-through-our-solar-system-causing-mars-to-wobble


Dark Matter May Interact With Regular Matter Beyond Gravity, Study Finds

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-10/processed/DarkMatterAndVisibleMatterInTheUniverse_600.jpg" alt="Bright and dark blotches in space"/>This is very unexpected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-matter-may-interact-with-regular-matter-beyond-gravity-study-finds


PSA: 2024's Funniest Wildlife Photos Are Here. It's Comedy Break Time.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/LaughingSealHandInAir.jpg"/>We haven't stopped laughing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/psa-2024s-funniest-wildlife-photos-are-here-its-comedy-break-time


Something Awesome Happens if You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/08/BananaPeelCookies-1024x415.jpg" alt="Banana against a black background"/>We've been eating bananas wrong.

https://www.sciencealert.com/something-awesome-happens-if-you-use-banana-peel-as-an-ingredient


Scientists Just Discovered a New Cell. It Was Predicted 100 Years Ago.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MacrophageCell.jpg" alt="Scientists Just Discovered a New Cell. It Was Predicted 100 Years Ago."/>"It's early days, but the implications could be massive."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-a-new-cell-it-was-predicted-100-years-ago


Search For Alien Life Just Got a New Challenge, Lab Discovery Suggests

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/hazy_alien_atmosphere.jpg" alt="Search For Alien Life Just Got a New Challenge, Lab Discovery Suggests"/>We might have had some things all wrong.

https://www.sciencealert.com/search-for-alien-life-just-got-a-new-challenge-lab-discovery-suggests


Earth-Like Planet Discovered Orbiting an Alien Star. There's Just One Big Problem.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/red-giant-planet.jpg" alt="Earth-Like Planet Discovered Orbiting an Alien Star. There's Just One Big Problem."/>It's time for your daily dose of existential dread.

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-like-planet-discovered-orbiting-an-alien-star-theres-just-one-big-problem


Strange Rocks Clinging to Mummies Could Be World's Oldest Cheese

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/chinese_cheese_mummy.jpg" alt="Strange Rocks Clinging to Mummies Could Be World's Oldest Cheese"/>It's a little mature.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-rocks-clinging-to-mummies-could-be-worlds-oldest-cheese


Pandemics Seem to Have Made a Comeback. Why Is This Happening?

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CloseUpSEMofAMosquitoFace.jpg" alt="Micrograph of a mosquito's face"/>Those chickens are coming home to roost.

https://www.sciencealert.com/pandemics-seem-to-have-made-a-comeback-why-is-this-happening


Wild Orcas Spotted Hunting Dolphins Off Chile in a Scientific First

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/sharing.jpg" alt="Wild Orcas Spotted Hunting Dolphins Off Chile in a Scientific First"/>It's a family size meal.

https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-orcas-spotted-hunting-dolphins-off-chile-in-a-scientific-first


Alien Phone Calls Could Be Quantum, And We're Not Ready to Hear Them

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/coloured_waves_abstract.jpg" alt="abstract waves"/>This could explain the silence.

https://www.sciencealert.com/alien-phone-calls-could-be-quantum-and-were-not-ready-to-hear-them


One Frightening Syndrome Looks Like Dementia, But Strikes Far Faster

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/mother_daughter_dementia.jpg" alt="older woman being comforted by a younger woman"/>Here's what to know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-frightening-syndrome-looks-like-dementia-but-strikes-far-faster


Common Antidepressants May Have Another Surprising Effect on Your Brain

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/3DillustrationOfNeutransmitterCrossingSynapsesInPinkBlueAndGold.jpg" alt="3D illustration of a gold neurotransmitter crossing the gap between neurons"/>This could be useful.

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-antidepressants-may-have-another-surprising-effect-on-your-brain


These 15 Factors Are Linked to Early Dementia Risk, a Major Study Found

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/BrainFade.jpg" alt="Fading blue brain"/>"It reveals that we may be able to take action."

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-15-factors-are-linked-to-early-dementia-risk-a-major-study-found


Rogue Waves Can Reach Four Times Higher Than We Thought

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/GiantWave.jpg" alt="Giant Wave"/>Giant monsters of the ocean.

https://www.sciencealert.com/rogue-waves-can-reach-four-times-higher-than-we-thought


Feeling Happy And Sad? Here's How Our Brains Manage Mixed Emotions.

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-04/processed/TripleExposureOfAWomanHappyCalmAndSad_600.jpg" alt="A women triple exposed with different emotions"/>Bittersweet complexity.

https://www.sciencealert.com/feeling-happy-and-sad-heres-how-our-brains-manage-mixed-emotions


Rare Earth Metals Found in Extinct Volcanoes Could Power The Future

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-06/processed/RareEarthMetalsChinaTradeWar_600.jpg" alt="piles of different coloured powder"/>Demand is soaring.

https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-earth-metals-found-in-extinct-volcanoes-could-power-the-future


This Many Crosswords Each Week Could Benefit Our Brains as We Age

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CrosswordPuzzle.jpg" alt="Crossword puzzle"/>Like exercise, but fun!

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-many-crosswords-each-week-could-benefit-our-brains-as-we-age


Entire Fossilized Ecosystem Reveals Over 100 Carboniferous Organisms

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FossilsThatLookLikeTwoHands.jpg" alt="Grey image of fossils"/>We've been missing this puzzle piece.

https://www.sciencealert.com/entire-fossilized-ecosystem-reveals-over-100-carboniferous-organisms


Study of 'Slap Fighting' Reveals Signs of Brain Injury in 78% of Participants

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/HandOpenAgainstDarkBackground.jpg" alt="An open palm in a purple tinge against a black background"/>There's no protection.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-slap-fighting-reveals-signs-of-brain-injury-in-78-of-participants


Scientist Find Corals With a Secret That Could Aid Reef Conservation

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/AcroporaHyacinthusBig.jpg" alt="A big coral"/>This is important.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientist-find-corals-with-a-secret-that-could-aid-reef-conservation


Scientists Discovered a Heightened Toxicity Risk For Children With Autism, ADHD

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/BPAMoleculeBrightOnDarkBlackground.jpg" alt="A molecule of BPA"/>Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-heightened-toxicity-risk-for-children-with-autism-adhd


We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/static-child.jpg" alt="We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years"/>So simple.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-what-creates-static-electricity-after-thousands-of-years


A Nuclear Explosion Could Protect Earth From an Asteroid Catastrophe

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/xray_blast_asteroid.jpg" alt="asteroid exploding"/>It would have to be incredibly precise.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-nuclear-explosion-could-protect-earth-from-an-asteroid-catastrophe


Octopuses Team Up With Fish to Hunt, And Will Punch Them if They Act Up

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/OctopusPunchingWhiteStripedGrouperFish_1024.gif" alt="dark octopus punching white striped grouper fish"/>An incredible partnership caught on camera.

https://www.sciencealert.com/octopuses-team-up-with-fish-to-hunt-and-will-punch-them-if-they-act-up


This Incredible Distortion Is Like a Magnifying Glass Into Deep Space

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/Gravitational-Lens.jpg" alt="Gravitational Lens"/>"A line-of-sight spanning most of the observable Universe."

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-incredible-distortion-is-like-a-magnifying-glass-into-deep-space


World's Oceans on Verge of Being Too Acidic to Sustain Life, Scientists Warn

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/TurtleUnderwater.jpg" alt="Turtle Underwater"/>A crucial threshold we cannot cross.

https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-oceans-on-verge-of-being-too-acidic-to-sustain-life-scientists-warn


Mysterious Link Between Alzheimer's And Cancer May Finally Be Explained

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MouseCancerRisk.jpg" alt="Mysterious Link Between Alzheimer's And Cancer May Finally Be Explained"/>A new clue has emerged.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-link-between-alzheimers-and-cancer-may-finally-be-explained


Scientists in Japan Are About to Build a Supercomputer Like No Other

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ServerFarm.jpg" alt="Server computer"/>A thousand times faster than today's fastest machines.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-in-japan-are-about-to-build-a-supercomputer-like-no-other


Brain Waves Can Be Manipulated While We Dream, And It Could Help Treat Dementia

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SleepingPerson.jpg" alt="Sleeping person"/>A radical new approach.

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-waves-can-be-manipulated-while-we-dream-and-it-could-help-treat-dementia


Scientists Grew Microbes in a Lab Experiment, And They Evolved a New Sense

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/EcoliSpreadingTheirGenesWithEachOtherThroughPiliTubesSEM.jpg" alt="Ecoli cells under the microscope mating with their little connecting tubes"/>Bacteria that genetically reconfigured themselves.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-microbes-in-a-lab-experiment-and-they-evolved-a-new-sense


Amazing Photo Shows The Burning Man Festival As Seen From Space

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BurningManFromSpace.jpg" alt="Burning Man From Space"/>Out of this world.

https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-photo-shows-the-burning-man-festival-as-seen-from-space


This Stunning Crystal Could Preserve The Human Genome For Billions of Years

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/memory_crystal_DNA.jpg" alt="memory crystal held between fingers"/>A doorway to forever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-stunning-crystal-could-preserve-the-human-genome-for-billions-of-years


Aliens May Be Doomed by Inescapable Climate Change, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/AlienCity.jpg" alt="alien city"/>An inevitable evolutionary fate?

https://www.sciencealert.com/aliens-may-be-doomed-by-inescapable-climate-change-study-finds


Scientists Reconstruct Oldest Human Genomes Ever Found in South Africa

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/GlowingLightOnDNAHelixOrangeBrown-1024x415.jpg" alt="Glowing Light On DNA Helix Orange Brown"/>An ancient code of human life from 10,000 years ago.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reconstruct-oldest-human-genomes-ever-found-in-south-africa


FDA Approves First Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine You Can Do at Home

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/GlovedHandUsesNasalSpray-1024x415.jpg" alt="Gloved Hand Uses Nasal Spray"/>Fighting the flu has never been so easy.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-approves-first-nasal-spray-flu-vaccine-you-can-do-at-home


Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal… Except One

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/tardigrade.jpg" alt="Scientists Discover How Tardigrades Survive Blasts of Radiation, And It's Weird"/>Why are we not surprised?

https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-seem-to-be-in-every-kind-of-animal-except-one


This Immortal Creature Can Create a Form of Cancer That's Contagious

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/hydra_blac_background.jpg" alt="This Immortal Creature Can Create a Form of Cancer That's Contagious"/>Do not overfeed.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-immortal-creature-can-create-a-form-of-cancer-thats-contagious


Owning a Cat Could Double Your Schizophrenia Risk, Research Suggests

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/CatFaceCloseup.jpg" alt="Cat Face Close Up"/>There's some kind of pattern.

https://www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat-could-double-your-schizophrenia-risk-research-suggests


COVID-19 Lockdowns Prematurely Aged Teenagers' Brains, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/teenager_at_window.jpg" alt="girl looking out a window"/>The effect was especially severe for girls.

https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-lockdowns-prematurely-aged-teenagers-brains-study-finds


Scientists Discover Signs of Water All Over The Moon's Surface

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/09/moon-craters-apollo-12-1024x415.jpg" alt="a photograph of lunar craters at the terminator, taken from orbit. Deep shadows accentuate the stark drama of the lunar landscape"/>Way more widespread than we thought.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-signs-of-water-all-over-the-moons-surface


Scientists Identified The Deadliest Hunters Among All Apex Predators

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CloseUpOfLeopardFaceLickingItsLips.jpg" alt="Close up of leopard licking its lips"/>Which animals kill the most?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identified-the-deadliest-hunters-among-all-apex-predators


Expert Explains Why You Should Clean Your Tongue Twice a Day

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/WomanBrushesTongue.jpg" alt="Woman Brushes Tongue"/>Don't skip this step!

https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-explains-why-you-should-clean-your-tongue-twice-a-day


These Tiny Robots Can Patch Up Deadly Bleeds in Animal Brains

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/aneurysm_nanoparticles.jpg" alt="These Tiny Robots Can Patch Up Deadly Bleeds in Animal Brains"/>Don’t let their size fool you.

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-tiny-robots-can-patch-up-deadly-bleeds-in-animal-brains


A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Exists in The US

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/05/WastewaterLithium.jpg" alt="A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The US"/>But what's the impact of extracting it?

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vast-untapped-source-of-lithium-exists-in-the-us


Deadly Fungal Infections Causing a 'Silent Pandemic', Scientists Warn

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FungalInfections.jpg" alt="Deadly Fungal Infections Causing a 'Silent Pandemic', Scientists Warn"/>An overlooked threat.

https://www.sciencealert.com/deadly-fungal-infections-causing-a-silent-pandemic-scientists-warn


Ancient Discovery Could Be a Board Game From 4,000 Years Ago

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/board-game-azerbaijan.jpg" alt="Ancient Discovery Could Be a Board Game From 4,000 Years Ago"/>It's game night!

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-discovery-could-be-a-board-game-from-4000-years-ago


An Extreme Solar Storm Could Wreak Havoc on The Modern World

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CoronalMassEjection2012solarDynamicsObservatory.jpg" alt="Sun's plasma shooting out from its fiery surface"/>"There will be one sooner or later."

https://www.sciencealert.com/an-extreme-solar-storm-could-wreak-havoc-on-the-modern-world


7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SpoonOfMicroplastics.jpg" alt="Spoon Of Microplastics"/>It's official.

https://www.sciencealert.com/7000-microplastics-studies-show-we-have-one-really-big-problem


Mysterious Signal Hints at The Smallest Black Hole Ever Detected

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/strange-object.jpg" alt="Mystery Object in Space Could Be The Lightest Black Hole Ever Found"/>One of the most sought-after objects in the galaxy.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-signal-hints-at-the-smallest-black-hole-ever-detected


Experiment Reveals a Simple Trick to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/TiredLadyWithOrangeHairAtComputer.jpg" alt="A women with shoulder length auburn hair sitting in front of a laptop in dim light"/>The solution is behind you.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-reveals-a-simple-trick-to-avoid-zoom-fatigue


SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Are Leaking More Radio Waves Than Ever

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/starlink-pollution.jpg" alt="SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Are Leaking More Radio Waves Than Ever"/>"This problem is becoming increasingly worse."

https://www.sciencealert.com/spacexs-starlink-satellites-are-leaking-more-radio-waves-than-ever


Some Coffee And Tea Drinkers Could Be Lowering Their Risk of Dementia

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CoffeeDrinkers.jpg" alt="Some Coffee And Tea Drinkers Could Be Lowering Their Risk of Dementia"/>Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/some-coffee-and-tea-drinkers-could-be-lowering-their-risk-of-dementia


Entire Swarm of Black Holes Detected Moving Through The Milky Way

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-07/processed/black-hole-cluster_600.jpg" alt="An entire swarm of black holes has been caught moving through the Milky Way"/>This is fine.

https://www.sciencealert.com/entire-swarm-of-black-holes-detected-moving-through-the-milky-way


Common Diabetes Medication Slows Brain Aging in Monkeys

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/metformin_pills.jpg" alt="metformin pills falling from an open bottle"/>Could it do the same for us?

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-diabetes-medication-slows-brain-aging-in-monkeys


Expensive Migraine Drugs No Better Than Cheap Painkillers, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FrowningWomenHoldindFingersToFace.jpg" alt="dark haired women holding face frowning"/>This is a huge problem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/expensive-migraine-drugs-no-better-than-cheap-painkillers-study-finds


Experts Reveal The Difference Between a Psychopath And a Sociopath

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/WomenLookingUpCunninglyFromBehindHairWithMoodyLighting.jpg" alt="woman looking up cunningly from behind hair"/>It might not be what you think.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-reveal-the-difference-between-a-psychopath-and-a-sociopath


Eye Color Change Surgeries Are a Dangerous Trend, Expert Warns

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/TwoDifferentColoredIrises.jpg" alt="A face with one green and one brown eye"/>The cost of beauty could be your vision.

https://www.sciencealert.com/eye-color-change-surgeries-are-a-dangerous-trend-expert-warns


Experiment Suggests Scrapping The Beer Pint Would Boost Health in UK

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BeerPint.jpg" alt="Pint of beer"/>A small change for good.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-suggests-scrapping-the-beer-pint-would-boost-health-in-uk


Tiny Hats of Air Could Give 'Scuba-Diving' Lizards a Fighting Chance

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BubbleBlowingAndBreathingWaterAnole_1024.gif" alt="A lizard blowing a bubble"/>It's not just for fashion.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-hats-of-air-could-give-scuba-diving-lizards-a-fighting-chance


Mars Is Wibbly-Wobbly. A Third Moon Could Explain Its Squish And Bulges.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MarsView.jpg" alt="Mars with a moon"/>But where did Nerio go?

https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-is-wibbly-wobbly-a-third-moon-could-explain-its-squish-and-bulges


Scientists Calculated How Much Exercise We Need to 'Offset' a Day of Sitting

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/11/WomanRunning-1024x415.jpg" alt="Woman Running"/>Important PSA!

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-calculated-how-much-exercise-we-need-to-offset-a-day-of-sitting


The Internet Is a Dumpster Fire. Here's How We Just Might Be Able to Save It.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/bin_on_fire.jpg" alt="rubbish bin on fire"/>It wasn't always this bad.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-internet-is-a-dumpster-fire-heres-how-we-just-might-be-able-to-save-it


US Man Dies After Wrong Organ Removal – Surgical Errors Are A Growing Problem

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/surgeons_operating.jpg" alt="surgeons operating"/>Here are some of the worst fatal mistakes.

https://www.sciencealert.com/us-man-dies-after-wrong-organ-removal-surgical-errors-are-a-growing-problem


Just One Shot of an Existing Vaccine Could Prevent Mpox Infection

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/09/MonkeypoxUnderMicroscope-1024x415.jpg" alt="Mpox virus under microscope"/>Great news.

https://www.sciencealert.com/just-one-shot-of-an-existing-vaccine-could-prevent-mpox-infection


Listen to The Eerie 'Sound' From A Black Hole, Captured by NASA

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-05/processed/perseus-cluster_600.jpg" alt="These eerie wails are a real sound wave from a supermassive black hole"/>This is creepy!

https://www.sciencealert.com/listen-to-the-eerie-sound-from-a-black-hole-captured-by-nasa


Don't Miss Tonight's Harvest Moon And Final Lunar Eclipse of 2024! Here's When to See It.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/Moon_DuringPartialLunarEclipse.jpg" alt="A close up of the Moon's surface with a small section darkened by Earth's shadow"/>A complicated celestial affair.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dont-miss-tonights-harvest-moon-and-final-lunar-eclipse-of-2024-heres-when-to-see-it


This Famous Van Gogh Painting Features Astonishingly Accurate Physics

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/the-starry-night-turbulence.jpg" alt="This Famous Van Gogh Painting Features Astonishingly Accurate Physics"/>The creative flow.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-famous-van-gogh-painting-features-astonishingly-accurate-physics


Plants 'Talk' to One Another in Languages We Might Soon Translate

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/man_daughter_forest.jpg" alt="man and a child walking under ferns"/>How do you say 'hello' in grass?

https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-talk-to-one-another-in-languages-we-might-soon-translate


JWST Confirms Distant Galaxy Was Murdered by a Black Hole

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/pablo_galaxy_death_AGN.jpg" alt="JWST Confirms Distant Galaxy Was Murdered by a Black Hole"/>Snuffed out in its prime.

https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-confirms-distant-galaxy-was-murdered-by-a-black-hole


Fragrance in Care Products Could Be Triggering Early Puberty in Girls

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/precocious_puberty_fragrances.jpg" alt="Girls at a slumber party doing makeup"/>Alarming.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fragrance-in-care-products-could-be-triggering-early-puberty-in-girls


Drug Resistant Bacteria Expected to Kill Tens of Millions by 2050

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/agar_plates_bacteria.jpg" alt="blood red agar plates with bacteria"/>The threat is growing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/drug-resistant-bacteria-expected-to-kill-tens-of-millions-by-2050


First of Its Kind DNA Computer Can Both Store Data And Solve Problems

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BrightDNA.jpg" alt="DNA graphic"/>Clever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-dna-computer-can-both-store-data-and-solve-problems


There's One Simple Strategy That Works to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/09/ManFillsGlassFromBeerTap-1024x415.jpg" alt="A man fills a pint glass using a beer tap."/>Just knowing it's 'bad for you' is not enough.

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-simple-strategy-that-works-to-reduce-alcohol-intake-scientists-say


We May Have Found Where Modern Humans And Neanderthals Became One

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SmallTribeOfHunterGatherersOnTheMove.jpg" alt="Small group of people in furs with wooden hunting tools walking through a forest"/>An encounter that changed the fate of our species.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-found-where-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-became-one


A Perfect Storm of Solar Activity Is About to Unleash an Amazing Show

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/solar-flare-14-september.gif" alt="A Perfect Storm of Solar Activity Is About to Unleash an Amazing Show"/>We're in for a treat tonight!

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-perfect-storm-of-solar-activity-is-about-to-unleash-an-amazing-show


Extreme Weather to Hit 70% of Humans in Next 20 Years, Study Warns

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CaliforniaHouseWith2024FireApproaching.jpg" alt="Fire blazing hot behind a house in California"/>We've only seen a taste.

https://www.sciencealert.com/extreme-weather-to-hit-70-of-humans-in-next-20-years-study-warns


Mysterious Structures Discovered Hidden Under The Surface of Mars

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/MarsStructures.jpg" alt="mars structures"/>"Mars might still have active movements happening inside it."

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-structures-discovered-hidden-under-the-surface-of-mars


These Creatures Occupy 'Third State' Beyond Life And Death, Scientists Say

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/biobot.jpg" alt="biobot"/>Forget what you thought you knew.

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-creatures-occupy-third-state-beyond-life-and-death-scientists-say


History-Making SpaceX Mission Ends With a Splash After Spacewalks

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SpaceXViolinPlayer.jpg" alt="SpaceX Violin Player"/>"A new era of commercial spaceflight dawns."

https://www.sciencealert.com/history-making-spacex-mission-ends-with-a-splash-after-spacewalks


Dogs' Brains Sync With Ours When We Gaze Into Their Eyes, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/HumanDogEyeGaze.jpg" alt="Dogs' Brains Sync With Ours When We Gaze Into Their Eyes, Study Finds"/>Bonding on a deeper level.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-brains-sync-with-ours-when-we-gaze-into-their-eyes-study-finds


A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/earth-space-aurora.jpg" alt="A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable"/>All signs point to yes.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-distant-spacecraft-has-confirmed-that-earth-is-habitable


Marmosets Have a Skill Only Seen in Dolphins, Elephants, And You

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/common-marmoset.jpg" alt="common marmoset monkey, Callithrix jacchus"/>Do not underestimate them.

https://www.sciencealert.com/marmosets-have-a-skill-only-seen-in-dolphins-elephants-and-you


Scientists Discover a Hidden Clue to Tell When a Frozen Corpse Died

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FrozenEyelashes.jpg" alt="Frozen Eyelashes"/>Not every lead is a dead end.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-hidden-clue-to-tell-when-a-frozen-corpse-died


Your Old School Friends' Genes Could Be Impacting Your Health, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FriendGroup.jpg" alt="Friend group"/>Choose your friends wisely.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-old-school-friends-genes-could-be-impacting-your-health-study-finds


The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation Are Very Real, Expert Warns

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/TiredWoman.jpg" alt="tired woman"/>You don't want to go there.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-dangers-of-sleep-deprivation-are-very-real-expert-warns


A Profound Mystery Gave Earthworms The Most Chaotic Genomes Ever Seen

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SEMofEarthwormCloseUpOfOpenMouth.jpg" alt="finger tipped shaped ribbed creature with a gaping open mouth and no other face features"/>But how?

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-profound-mystery-gave-earthworms-the-most-chaotic-genomes-ever-seen


Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record

Terrifying stuff.

https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-wave-in-pacific-ocean-was-the-most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record


Scientists Discover a Brain Network Twice The Size in Depression Patients

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BrainScans.jpg" alt="Brain scan"/>What's going on?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-brain-network-twice-the-size-in-depression-patients


Black Holes Unleash Powerful Jets of Plasma, And Now We Can Replicate Them

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/plasma-punch.jpg" alt="Black Holes Unleash Powerful Jets of Plasma, And Now We Can Replicate Them"/>"We discovered we had something big."

https://www.sciencealert.com/black-holes-unleash-powerful-jets-of-plasma-and-now-we-can-replicate-them


High Doses of ADHD Drug Can Cause Serious Side Effects, Study Warns

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/HighDosesOfAdderallCanCauseMania.jpg" alt="Image of a young women's face juxtaposed in different emotional states"/>A wake-up call.

https://www.sciencealert.com/high-doses-of-adhd-drug-can-cause-serious-side-effects-study-warns


New Simulations Suggest Planet Nine Might Not Be a Planet at All

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/simulation-solar-system-flyby.jpg" alt="New Simulations Suggest Planet Nine Might Not Be a Planet at All"/>Where did it go then?

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-simulations-suggest-planet-nine-might-not-be-a-planet-at-all


A Giant Cosmic Question Mark Has Been Identified in Deep Space

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/cosmic-what.jpg" alt="A Giant Cosmic Question Mark Has Been Identified in Deep Space"/>What is the Universe asking?

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-cosmic-question-mark-has-been-identified-in-deep-space


Skyscraper Tsunami Unleashed by Seismic Anomaly Never Seen Before

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/earthquake-scale_600.jpg" alt="The US government is running the biggest earthquake simulation ever"/>"This will happen again."

https://www.sciencealert.com/skyscraper-tsunami-unleashed-by-seismic-anomaly-never-seen-before


NASA Can Finally Explain Why Creepy 'Spiders' on Mars Keep Appearing

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/mars-spiders-header.jpg" alt="NASA Can Finally Explain Why Creepy 'Spiders' on Mars Keep Appearing"/>Just what we need. Mars spiders.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-can-finally-explain-why-creepy-spiders-on-mars-keep-appearing


FDA Approves Apple AirPods Pro as Hearing Aids in Industry First

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/Apple-AirPods-Pro-2nd-gen.jpg" alt="Apple AirPods Pro"/>The first over-the-counter hearing aid of its kind.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-approves-apple-airpods-pro-as-hearing-aids-in-industry-first


A Completely New Structure of Light Has Been Created: The Chiral Vortex

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/LightVortex.jpg" alt="Light vortex"/>A major step forward.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-completely-new-structure-of-light-has-been-created-the-chiral-vortex


SpaceX Makes History With First Spacewalks Ever by Private Citizens

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SpaceXSpacewalk3.jpg" alt="SpaceX Spacewalk"/>"From here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world."

https://www.sciencealert.com/spacex-makes-history-with-first-spacewalks-ever-by-private-citizens


Humans Keep Growing an Extra Artery in Their Arms, And Here's Why

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/12/ArmReachesOutBehindWall-1024x415.jpg" alt="Arm Reaches Out Behind Wall"/>Evolution is a mysterious thing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-keep-growing-an-extra-artery-in-their-arms-and-heres-why


Your Eyesight Could Be Putting You at Risk of Developing Alzheimer's

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/elderly_man_eyes.jpg" alt="old man's eyes"/>Windows into our brain health.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-eyesight-could-be-putting-you-at-risk-of-developing-alzheimers


5 Ways You Can Resist Food Cravings And Stick to Healthy Eating

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/person_eating_chocolate.jpg" alt="woman with curly hair eating chocolate"/>Your brain doesn't make it easy.

https://www.sciencealert.com/5-ways-you-can-resist-food-cravings-and-stick-to-healthy-eating


Bubbles 75x Larger Than Our Sun Are Boiling on This Distant Star's Surface

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/r-doradus-changes.jpg" alt="Bubbles 75x Larger Than Our Sun Are Boiling on This Distant Star's Surface"/>The footage is amazing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bubbles-75x-larger-than-our-sun-are-boiling-on-this-distant-stars-surface


Exercising Regularly Appears to Make Your Belly Fat 'Healthier'

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ExerciseEnduranceChanges.jpg" alt="Exercising Regularly Appears to Make Your Belly Fat 'Healthier'"/>Another reason to get moving.

https://www.sciencealert.com/exercising-regularly-appears-to-make-your-belly-fat-healthier


Massive New Volcano Discovered Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Io

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/NewVolcanoOnIo.jpg" alt="Massive New Volcano Discovered Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Io"/>There are unanswered questions.

https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-new-volcano-discovered-erupting-on-jupiters-moon-io


Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Turns Out to Be Worth Over $1 Million

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FossilAmberRockDoorstop.jpg"/>A value missed even by jewel thieves!

https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-doorstop-for-decades-turns-out-to-be-worth-over-1-million


Common Weight-Loss Diet May Come With a Serious Downside, Long-Term Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/LowCarbDiets.jpg" alt="Common Weight-Loss Diet May Come With a Serious Downside, Long-Term Study Finds"/>Creating a whole other problem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-weight-loss-diet-may-come-with-a-serious-downside-long-term-study-finds


Supermassive Merger: Sgr A* Formed by Black Hole Collision 9 Billion Years Ago

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-05/processed/SgrA_EventHorizon_600.jpg"/>The Milky Way's black hole has a violent past.

https://www.sciencealert.com/supermassive-merger-sgr-a-formed-by-black-hole-collision-9-billion-years-ago


AI Chatbots Have a Political Bias That Could Unknowingly Influence Society

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/VoteSticker.jpg" alt="Voting sticker"/>Not even close to neutral.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-chatbots-have-a-political-bias-that-could-unknowingly-influence-society


Polaris Dawn Success: Civilian Astronauts Prepare For Record-Breaking Spacewalk

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/PolarisDawn_EarthBackground.jpg" alt="A spacecraft with Earth in the background"/>"No room for error in our calculations."

https://www.sciencealert.com/polaris-dawn-success-civilian-astronauts-prepare-for-record-breaking-spacewalk


Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise For Treating Another Type of Dementia

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BrainNeuron.jpg" alt="Glowing neuron"/>New hope for more families.

https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-drug-shows-promise-for-treating-another-type-of-dementia


Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For Our Leftover Coffee Grounds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/09/GroundCoffeeOnBeans.jpg" alt="Ground coffee on beans"/>We shouldn't throw them out.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds


Top Theory on Moon's Formation Might Have No Evidence After All

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/moon-hi-res.jpg" alt="Top Theory on Moon's Formation Might Have No Evidence After All"/>Nice idea though.

https://www.sciencealert.com/top-theory-on-moons-formation-might-have-no-evidence-after-all


Lead Alzheimer's Risk For Under-65s Could Be Reduced With Good Curtains

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/drawing_curtains_city.jpg" alt="person pulling curtains closed on a city"/>Over 65s could benefit too.

https://www.sciencealert.com/lead-alzheimers-risk-for-under-65s-could-be-reduced-with-good-curtains


Watch Live: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Launches For First Private Spacewalk

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/polaris_rehearsal.jpg"/>It's finally happening!

https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-live-spacexs-polaris-dawn-launches-for-first-private-spacewalk


Amazing New Blood Cell 'Coats' Could Allow Cross-Species Transfusions

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BloodVesselPeekingOutOfArteryInHeart.jpg" alt="red blood cell peeking out from a capillary in the heart coloured green"/>This would save lives.

https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-new-blood-cell-coats-could-allow-cross-species-transfusions


Cardiac Arrest And Heart Attacks Aren't The Same. Here's How to Tell Them Apart.

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/man_clutching_chest.jpg" alt="man clutching chest"/>They're not interchangeable.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cardiac-arrest-and-heart-attacks-arent-the-same-heres-how-to-tell-them-apart


Winds of Iron Discovered Circulating on Nearby Hell Planet

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/iron_wind_wasp_planet.jpg" alt="wasp76-b"/>Forecast: cloudy with a chance of metal.

https://www.sciencealert.com/winds-of-iron-discovered-circulating-on-nearby-hell-planet


Artists Recorded Haunting Sounds From The World's Largest Living Thing

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-11/processed/GreenAerialOutlineofPando_600.jpg" alt="Green Aerial Outline of Pando"/>The giant has something to say.

https://www.sciencealert.com/artists-recorded-haunting-sounds-from-the-worlds-largest-living-thing


A Deadly Pandemic Now Threatens The Most Remote Place on Earth

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/FurSealPenguin.jpg" alt="A Deadly Pandemic Now Threatens The Most Remote Place on Earth"/>Just as we feared.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-deadly-pandemic-now-threatens-the-most-remote-place-on-earth


Amazing Footage Shows How Eels Escape Death After Being Swallowed

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/EelEscapesFish.jpg" alt="Eel Escapes Fish"/>We've never seen this before!

https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-footage-shows-how-eels-escape-death-after-being-swallowed


US Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu With No Known Animal Trace

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BirdFluMissouri.jpg" alt="US Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu With No Known Animal Trace"/>Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/us-confirms-first-human-case-of-bird-flu-with-no-known-animal-trace


Mass Die-Off in Bats Across US Linked to Over 1,000 Human Infant Deaths

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/GettyImages-1304906968.jpg" alt="Mass Die-Off in Bats Across US Linked to Over 1,000 Human Infant Deaths"/>A catastrophe with deadly consequences.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mass-die-off-in-bats-across-us-linked-to-over-1000-human-infant-deaths


Stunning Video Shows How Much Earth Has Changed in 1.8 Billion Years

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/EarthPangeaEra.jpg" alt="Earth Pangea Era"/>We've never looked so far back in time.

https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-video-shows-how-much-earth-has-changed-in-1-8-billion-years


Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/PolarisMissionCrew.jpg" alt="Polaris Mission Crew"/>"Now is a good time to assess."

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomer-reveals-the-dangers-of-spacexs-polaris-dawn-mission


Boeing Starliner Returns Home With No Crew: NASA Expert Explains Why

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/BoeingStarliner.jpg" alt="Boeing Starliner"/>The latest developments.

https://www.sciencealert.com/boeing-starliner-returns-home-with-no-crew-nasa-expert-explains-why


Quantum Experiment Could Finally Reveal The Elusive Gravity Particle

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/Graviton_Cover.jpg" alt="A white cylinder shaped object on a shimmering yellow background"/>We could soon detect them for the first time.

https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-experiment-could-finally-reveal-the-elusive-gravity-particle


Surprise Result Shows Mysterious Alzheimer's Signal May Protect Brain

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/GliaCell.jpg" alt="Surprise Result Shows Mysterious Alzheimer's Signal May Protect Brain"/>"A surprising new neuroprotective role."

https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-result-shows-mysterious-alzheimers-signal-may-protect-brain


Accidental Virus Release May Have Triggered Mysterious 1977 Pandemic

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/1970sSwineFluVaccinationCampaigneCDC.jpg" alt="Women being vaccinated with a et injector by a man"/>A self-fulfilling prophecy?

https://www.sciencealert.com/accidental-virus-release-may-have-triggered-mysterious-1977-pandemic


We Learn to Pretend Surprisingly Early in Our Lives, Study Shows

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/YoungBoyInRoom.jpg" alt="Young Boy In Room"/>As early as 4 months.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-learn-to-pretend-surprisingly-early-in-our-lives-study-shows


Lightning Strikes More Often in Skies Full of Pollution, Study Shows

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/ChasingLightningStormDuringSunsetInNebraska.jpg" alt="A lightning strike in front of a huge dark cloud above a road"/>A scary side effect.

https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-strikes-more-often-in-skies-full-of-pollution-study-shows


Physicists Are Unraveling The Great Mystery of Earth's Inner Core

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/06/EarthCore.jpg" alt="Earth core artwork"/>Without it we’d be unlikely to even exist.

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-are-unraveling-the-great-mystery-of-earths-inner-core


Human Defenses Against Viruses First Evolved Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggests

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/ArcheaImmuneProteins.jpg" alt="Human Defenses Against Viruses First Evolved Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggests"/>A gift as old as multicellular life itself.

https://www.sciencealert.com/human-defenses-against-viruses-first-evolved-billions-of-years-ago-study-suggests


Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Down

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/mosquitoes-sense-infra.jpg" alt="Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Down"/>The deadly secret is out.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-mosquitoes-are-using-infrared-to-track-humans-down


Radical New Super-Tough Transistor Could Revolutionize Electronics

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/ColouredTransistors.jpg" alt="Coloured transistors"/>No wear after 100 billion cycles.

https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-new-super-tough-transistor-could-revolutionize-electronics


New Ultrafast Chip Paves Way For 4K Movie Downloads in Seconds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ExperimentalChipThatSendsBeamsInAllDirections.jpg" alt="close up of the edge of a computer chip with laser type beams emerging from it"/>"This vision is rapidly approaching reality."

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-ultrafast-chip-paves-way-for-4k-movie-downloads-in-seconds


Scientists Reveal The Absolute Worst Thickness For a Paper Cut

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/bandage_on_finger.jpg" alt="bandage on finger"/>Ouch!

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-the-absolute-worst-thickness-for-a-paper-cut


HPV Linked to Disturbing Changes in Human Sperm, Scientists Find

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/SpermHPVEffect.jpg" alt="HPV Linked to Disturbing Changes in Human Sperm, Scientists Find"/>An insidious impact on male fertility.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hpv-linked-to-disturbing-changes-in-human-sperm-scientists-find