2023 Was Even Hotter Than Predicted, Raising Fears We're in Uncharted Territory

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SeaSurfaceTemperatureAnomaliesApril2024.jpg" alt="Sea surface temperature anomaly data on global map"/>
“Humbling and a bit worrying.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/2023-was-even-hotter-than-predicted-raising-fears-were-in-uncharted-territory


Purple Planets Could Be The Signs of Alien Life We've Been Looking For

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/purple-plants.jpg" alt=""/>
But are they people eaters?

https://www.sciencealert.com/purple-planets-could-be-the-signs-of-alien-life-weve-been-looking-for


Physicists Say The Ultimate Battery Could Harness The Power of Black Holes

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/TwoBlackHolesMerging.jpg" alt="Artist's illustration of two black holes orbiting each other closely."/>
This is wild.

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-say-the-ultimate-battery-could-harness-the-power-of-black-holes


Scientists Identify a Link Between Sleep And Type 2 Diabetes Risk

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/alwarm_clock_waking_diabetes.jpg" alt="hand hitting an alarm clock"/>
It's not just your diet.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-a-link-between-sleep-and-type-2-diabetes-risk


Physicists Think The Infinite Size of The Multiverse Could Be Infinitely Bigger

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/multiverse_bubbles.jpg" alt="Universes inside bubbles"/>
Reality just got a little bigger.

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-think-the-infinite-size-of-the-multiverse-could-be-infinitely-bigger


Too Much Junk Food Could Cause Lasting Damage to The Brain

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/hands_holding_burger.jpg" alt="hands holding a cheeseburger in a bag"/>
Food for thought.

https://www.sciencealert.com/too-much-junk-food-could-cause-lasting-damage-to-the-brain


'Ghost Roads' That Aren't Supposed to Exist Are Killing The World's Forests

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/RoadDeforestationOilPalmPlantation.jpg" alt="Aerial image of road cutting through an area cleared of trees."/>
This is a huge problem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ghost-roads-that-arent-supposed-to-exist-are-killing-the-worlds-forests


For The First Time, Scientists Showed Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/period-brain3.png" alt=""/>
Period brain is real.

https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-scientists-showed-structural-brain-wide-changes-during-menstruation


Doctor Reveals What Happens When You Stop Taking Ozempic

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/FingersHoldOzempicPen.jpg" alt="Fingers Hold Ozempic Pen"/>
Read this before you start.

https://www.sciencealert.com/doctor-reveals-what-happens-when-you-stop-taking-ozempic


You Can Actually Order Your Very Own Invisibility Shield Right Now

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/InvisibilityShield-1.jpg" alt=""/>
Now you see me... now you don't.

https://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-actually-order-your-very-own-invisibility-shield-right-now


Study Uncovers Serious Side Effects From Common Dementia Drugs

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/hands_bottle_pills_dementia.jpg" alt="hand shaking out pills from an orange bottle"/>
This is very concerning.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-uncovers-serious-side-effects-from-common-dementia-drugs


Physicists Created an Exotic Superconductor Controlled by Magnetism

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SuperconductorPicture.jpg" alt="Superconductor illustration"/>
"This is a true breakthrough in quantum physics."

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-created-an-exotic-superconductor-controlled-by-magnetism


One of Life's Most Important Ingredients Could Have Formed in The Hearts of Comets

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/Part_of_the_Taurus_Molecular_Cloud.jpg" alt="a view of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, as seen from the APEX radio telescope in Chile"/>
How to make primordial soup.

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-lifes-most-important-ingredients-could-have-formed-in-the-hearts-of-comets


Here's How Scientists Might Detect Alien Life For The First Time in a Nearby Moon

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/enceladus_nasa_life.jpg" alt="enceladus from space"/>
We can only hope.

https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-how-scientists-might-detect-alien-life-for-the-first-time-in-a-nearby-moon


Vikings Filed Grooves Into Their Teeth as an Unusual Form of ID

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/filed-teeth.jpg" alt=""/>
Say cheese!

https://www.sciencealert.com/vikings-filed-grooves-into-their-teeth-as-an-unusual-form-of-id


Scientists Discover 2 Key Brain Systems Behind Psychosis

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/BrainScansOnDisplay.jpg" alt="Brain Scans On Display"/>
New hope for treatments.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-2-key-brain-systems-behind-psychosis


Antarctic Ice Shelf The Size of France Suddenly Jumps Once or Twice a Day

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/ShelfPhoto.jpg" alt="Ross Ice Shelf"/>
What's the rush?

https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ice-shelf-the-size-of-france-suddenly-jumps-once-or-twice-a-day


WHO Warns Growing Spread of Bird Flu to Humans Is 'Enormous Concern'

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/chickens_farm_bird_flu.jpg" alt="chickens on a farm"/>
"The mortality rate is extraordinarily high."

https://www.sciencealert.com/who-warns-growing-spread-of-bird-flu-to-humans-is-enormous-concern


Prepare Yourself. A Massive Wave of Cicadas Is About to Erupt in The US.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/cicada_on_leaf.jpg" alt="cicada on a leaf"/>
Two-for-one deal.

https://www.sciencealert.com/prepare-yourself-a-massive-wave-of-cicadas-is-about-to-erupt-in-the-us


AI Detects Mysterious Detail Hidden in Famous Raphael Masterpiece

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/12/PaintingClose.jpg" alt="Painting close up"/>
"The computer sees far more deeply than the human eye."

https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-detects-mysterious-detail-hidden-in-famous-raphael-masterpiece


Could Vitamin D Be The Secret to Slowing Human Aging?

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/WomanInhalingSettingSun.jpg" alt="Asian woman inhaling fresh air outdoors as sun sets."/>
 Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/could-vitamin-d-be-the-secret-to-slowing-human-aging


Major First: Quantum Information Produced, Stored, And Retrieved

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/qubit_chip_concept_quantum_computing_600.jpg" alt=""/>
Two parts connected at last.

https://www.sciencealert.com/major-first-quantum-information-produced-stored-and-retrieved


Global Income Set to Shrink by One Fifth by 2050 Under Climate Change

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/PersonOnDryGroundRedSkyDrought.jpg" alt="A person sitting on dry ground facing away"/>
Doing nothing has come at a devastating cost.

https://www.sciencealert.com/global-income-set-to-shrink-by-one-fifth-by-2050-under-climate-change


Never-Before-Seen Quantum Hybrid State Discovered on Arsenic Surface

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/arsenic-quantum-state.jpg" alt=""/>
Theory didn't predict this one.

https://www.sciencealert.com/never-before-seen-quantum-hybrid-state-discovered-on-arsenic-surface


We Have The First Evidence of Ancient Human Life in This Vast Lava Tube Cave

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/UmmJirsan.jpg" alt="Umm Jirsan cave"/>
A time-capsule of human history.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-have-the-first-evidence-of-ancient-human-life-in-this-vast-lava-tube-cave


Scientists Discover How Tardigrades Survive Blasts of Radiation, And It's Weird

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/TardigradeVsRadiationNoWorries.jpg" alt="Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a water bear, or tardigrade"/>
"What we saw surprised us."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-how-tardigrades-survive-blasts-of-radiation-and-its-weird


Your Spinal Cord Can Learn And Recall Without Brain Input And We Finally Know How

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GlowingSpinalCordInHumanBody.jpg" alt="Glowing Spinal Cord In Human Body"/>
A game-changer in neuroscience.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-spinal-cord-can-learn-and-recall-without-brain-input-and-we-finally-know-how


Science Confirms Hugs Can Ease Pain, Anxiety, And Depression

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/HuggingPeople.jpg" alt="Hugging people"/>
Bring it in.

https://www.sciencealert.com/science-confirms-hugs-can-ease-pain-anxiety-and-depression


Strange New Form of Gold Exists as a Sheet That's Just One Atom Thick

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/gold-foil.jpg" alt=""/>
They call it goldene.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-new-form-of-gold-exists-as-a-sheet-thats-just-one-atom-thick


Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/bleached_white_coral.jpg" alt="bleached white coral"/>
Clear evidence of the climate crisis.

https://www.sciencealert.com/record-breaking-ocean-heat-triggers-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event


Trillions of Tons of Carbon Left Out of Environmental Models, Scientists Warn

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/HandOnSoil.jpg" alt="Hand On Soil"/>
Something so obvious, but we missed it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/trillions-of-tons-of-carbon-left-out-of-environmental-models-scientists-warn


NASA's About to Make a Big Announcement About Mars. Here's What We Know.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/sample-tubes.jpg" alt=""/>
Nail-biting!

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-about-to-make-a-big-announcement-about-mars-heres-what-we-know


Shocking Study Reveals Many Fast-Tracked Cancer Drugs Offer No Clinical Benefit

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/PrescriptionDrugsFDA_web_600.jpg" alt=""/>
This is not what we wanted to see.

https://www.sciencealert.com/shocking-study-reveals-many-fast-tracked-cancer-drugs-offer-no-clinical-benefit


Massive Study Links Vaping to a Much Higher Risk of Heart Failure

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-09/processed/011-vaping-illnesses-1_600.jpg" alt=""/>
This goes far beyond lung damage.

https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-study-links-vaping-to-a-much-higher-risk-of-heart-failure


Psychedelics Could Pose Risks For People With Personality Disorders, Study Finds

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-04/processed/mushroompsychedelic_600.jpg" alt="mushroom psychedelic"/>
A pattern of negative experiences.

https://www.sciencealert.com/psychedelics-could-pose-risks-for-people-with-personality-disorders-study-finds


This Tiny Frog Emits a Powerful Ultrasonic Scream No Human Can Hear

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/TinyBrazilFrogAgainstBlack.jpg" alt="Tiny Brazil Frog Against Black"/>
We've finally confirmed it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tiny-frog-emits-a-powerful-ultrasonic-scream-no-human-can-hear


Radical NASA Study Says This Spacecraft Formation Could Reveal New Physics

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SpacecraftFormation.jpg" alt="Spacecraft Formation"/>
Something we've never seen before.

https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-nasa-study-says-this-spacecraft-formation-could-reveal-new-physics


This Freaky Worm Has 'Outstanding Vision', And Scientists Don't Know Why

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/eyeball-worm.jpg" alt=""/>
Jeepers creepers!

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-freaky-worm-has-outstanding-vision-and-scientists-dont-know-why


Mysterious Fossil Fragments Traced to Ancient Leviathans of The Ocean

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/file-20180410-540-rjw5tz_1024.jpg" alt=""/>
We may have finally solved it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-fossil-fragments-traced-to-ancient-leviathans-of-the-ocean


The Mystery of The Cleanest Air on Earth Can Finally Be Explained

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/DifferentTypesOfCloudsOverAnOceanAtSunset.jpg" alt="Different types of clouds over an ocean at sunset"/>
The cloudiest place on our planet.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mystery-of-the-cleanest-air-on-earth-can-finally-be-explained


Scientists Reveal Where Most 'Hospital' Infections Actually Come From

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/GlovedHandHoldingAgarPlateWithMicrobes.jpg" alt="Gloved hand holding agar plate with microbes"/>
This might come as a shock.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-where-most-hospital-infections-actually-come-from


Scientists Invented a Bizarre New Material That Gets Tougher When You Hit It

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/NewMaterial.jpg" alt="New material"/>
This could be really useful.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-invented-a-bizarre-new-material-that-gets-tougher-when-you-hit-it


Mysterious Stars at The Heart of The Milky Way Hide a Dark Secret

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/galactic-center-illustration.jpg" alt=""/>
The secret of eternal youth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-stars-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way-hide-a-dark-secret


Thousands of Meteorites in Antarctica Are Destined to Be Lost Forever

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/antarctic-rocks.jpg" alt=""/>
Sinking like a stone.

https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-meteorites-in-antarctica-are-destined-to-be-lost-forever


Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/senior-woman-close-up-eyes.jpg" alt=""/>
One of the earliest warnings of cognitive decline.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-vision-can-predict-dementia-12-years-before-diagnosis-study-finds


Study Reveals Most Valued Traits in a Romantic Partner, And It's a Nice Surprise

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SilhouetteOfPeoplesHandsFormingHeartAroundSettingSun.jpg" alt="Silhouette of two people's hands forming a heart around the setting sun"/>
This is beautiful.

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-most-valued-traits-in-a-romantic-partner-and-its-a-nice-surprise


Eye Infections Can Be Far More Serious Than You Realize, Expert Warns

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/RedAndIrritatedLadysBlueEye.jpg" alt="Red an irritated women's blue eye"/>
Here's what you need to know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/eye-infections-can-be-far-more-serious-than-you-realize-expert-warns


NASA Is Set to Launch Its Next-Gen Solar Sail Into Deep Space

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/NASASolarSailOffToSpace.jpg" alt="A large sail and a sun flare"/>
"We have a limitless source of propulsion."

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-set-to-launch-its-next-gen-solar-sail-into-deep-space


Scientists Find Gene Variant Giving Up to 70% Protection Against Alzheimer's

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/BrainScans-1.jpg" alt="Brain scans"/>
A huge new target for drug development.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-gene-variant-giving-up-to-70-protection-against-alzheimers


We Just Got a Glimpse of What Will Happen When The Sun Finally Dies

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/white-dwarf-detritus.jpg" alt=""/>
Our beautiful star can't last forever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-got-a-glimpse-of-what-will-happen-when-the-sun-finally-dies


Incredibly Rare Cosmic Object Detected in Gravitational Waves For The First Time

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/GW7.jpg" alt=""/>
They could be more common than we thought.

https://www.sciencealert.com/incredibly-rare-cosmic-object-detected-in-gravitational-waves-for-the-first-time


Breakthrough Asthma Study Reveals a Trigger We've Never Noticed Before

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/08/Asthma.jpg" alt="A woman using an inhaler"/>
Existing medications may not address the root cause.

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-asthma-study-reveals-a-trigger-weve-never-noticed-before


Physicists Finally Capture Mysterious Wigner Crystal After 90 Years

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/wigner-crystal.jpg" alt=""/>
"One of the most fascinating quantum phases of matter."

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-finally-capture-mysterious-wigner-crystal-after-90-years


Breakthrough Parkinson's Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Evolutionary Origin

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-03/processed/RareNeuroGeneticDisease_600.jpg" alt="A red DNA helix"/>
This explains a lot.

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-parkinsons-gene-discovery-sheds-light-on-evolutionary-origin


Four Jurassic Fossils Help Explain How We Got Our Ears And Teeth

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/AnimalRecreation.jpg" alt="Artist reconstruction of shuotheriid"/>
"A critical missing link."

https://www.sciencealert.com/four-jurassic-fossils-help-explain-how-we-got-our-ears-and-teeth


Organic Material Detected in Eggshell Fossils Could Unlock Dinosaur Secrets

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/DinosaurEgg.jpg" alt="Whitish bumps on purple"/>
A scientific windfall.

https://www.sciencealert.com/organic-material-detected-in-eggshell-fossils-could-unlock-dinosaur-secrets


Scientists Create Levitating Graphite Plate For Ultra-Sensitive Quantum Sensors

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/FloatingGraphite.jpg" alt="Floating graphite"/>
The potential is huge.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-levitating-graphite-plate-for-ultra-sensitive-quantum-sensors


Keto Diet May Slow Down Alzheimer's, Mouse Study Reveals

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/05/BrainNeurons.jpg" alt="Brain neurons"/>
But don't change your eating habits just yet.

https://www.sciencealert.com/keto-diet-may-slow-down-alzheimers-mouse-study-reveals


Brain Acidity Linked With Multiple Neurological Disorders

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/09/3DModelOfBrainBehindMulticoloredWaves.jpg" alt="3D model of human brain behind multicolored wavy lines."/>
A common underlying problem for many diseases?

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-acidity-linked-with-multiple-neurological-disorders


'Hottest Ever' March Is 10th Month in a Row to Shatter Heat Records

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/florence_heat_wave.jpg" alt="sun over a city"/>
Is this the new normal?

https://www.sciencealert.com/hottest-ever-march-is-10th-month-in-a-row-to-shatter-heat-records


3,000-Year-Old Pottery Reveals Trade Networks in Australia Long Before Colonization

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/ShellMiddenExcavationLizardIsland-1.jpg" alt="Peering into an excavated shell midden."/>
Hints of lost knowledge.

https://www.sciencealert.com/2000-year-old-pottery-reveals-trade-networks-in-australia-long-before-colonization


Eclipse From Space: Stunning NASA Video of The Moon's Shadow Passing Across Earth

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/lunar_shadow_nasa.jpg" alt=""/>
Like nothing on Earth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/iss-captures-stunning-video-of-the-lunar-shadow-passing-across-earth


Giant Cosmic Bubbles Have Given a New Precision Measurement of Expanding Space-Time

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/desi-universe.jpg" alt=""/>
New physics?????

https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-cosmic-bubbles-have-given-a-new-precision-measurement-of-expanding-space-time


A Giant Explosion in Space Will Happen This Year, And You Can See It

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/StellarExplosion.jpg" alt="Stellar Explosion"/>
It could happen any time now.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-explosion-in-space-will-happen-this-year-and-you-can-see-it


Three Things You Must Not Do This Total Solar Eclipse

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/man_driving_crazy.jpg" alt="man leaning out the window screaming as he drives"/>
And one thing you absolutely should do!

https://www.sciencealert.com/three-things-you-must-not-do-this-total-solar-eclipse


'Incredible': The Total Solar Eclipse Is Huge For Scientists. Here's Why.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/NASACrewLooksAtEclipse.jpg" alt="NASA Crew Looks At Eclipse"/>
An amazing moment in science.

https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-the-total-solar-eclipse-is-huge-for-scientists-heres-why


Radical Vaccine Strategy Could Help Quash Parasite Afflicting Millions

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SchistosomaParasite.png" alt="Microscope image of Schistosoma worm, stained pink."/>
A long neglected disease.

https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-vaccine-strategy-could-help-quash-parasite-afflicting-millions


Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to Human Brain

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/12/ClockInsideBrainofPerson.jpg" alt="Clock Inside Brain of Person"/>
It's not just your weight that's affected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fasting-style-diet-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-to-human-brain


Mysterious 'Zombie Neurons' Unlock Secrets of Learning in The Brain

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/FiringNeuron.jpg" alt="Brain neuron"/>
Scientists stumbled upon a breakthrough.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-zombie-neurons-unlock-secrets-of-learning-in-the-brain


Injecting Sulfur Into The Atmosphere Could Pose Dangerous Risks

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/ViewFromEarthsStratosphereWithOrangeSunset.jpg" alt="View from Earth's stratosphere with orange sunset"/>
Should we really gamble with the only life-friendly planet we know?

https://www.sciencealert.com/injecting-sulfur-into-the-atmosphere-could-pose-dangerous-risks


Large Cities And Cancer Share An Unexpected Similarity

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/LondonSprawl.jpg" alt=""/>
A fascinating symmetry.

https://www.sciencealert.com/large-cities-and-cancer-share-an-unexpected-similarity


Desperate Nations May Unilaterally Begin Hacking The Global Climate

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/CityHazedOutBySmogInOrangeSunLight.jpg" alt="city in orange sun light lit smog haze"/>
A giant threat emerges.

https://www.sciencealert.com/desperate-nations-may-unilaterally-begin-hacking-the-global-climate


Mysterious Fragments of Glass in Australian Outback Have Cosmic Origins

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/henbury_meteorite_frags.jpg" alt="Henbury meteorite pieces"/>
Something big happened here.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-fragments-of-glass-in-australian-outback-have-cosmic-origins


Ancient Roman Site Found Frozen in Time in The Wreckage of Pompeii

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/roman-construction.jpg" alt=""/>
Buried for nearly 2,000 years.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-roman-site-found-frozen-in-time-in-the-wreckage-of-pompeii


Scientists Accidentally Made a Mouse Grow Legs in Place of Genitals

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/AccidentallyOnPurposeSixLeggedMouseEmbryo.jpg" alt="scan of six limbed mouse embryo with limbs highlighted, extras in magenta"/>
A very strange result.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-accidentally-made-a-mouse-grow-legs-in-place-of-genitals


Lightning Really Does Strike Twice, And This Is Where It Happens Most

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/lightning-city.jpg" alt=""/>
Head for safe ground.

https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-really-does-strike-twice-and-this-is-where-it-happens-most


Scientists Reveal What a Future 'Mega-Drought' in Australia Would Look Like

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/moogerah_sunset.jpg" alt="dry lake bed"/>
It could last for decades.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-what-a-future-mega-drought-in-australia-would-look-like


This Tiger Was Thought Extinct. Then a Single Strand of Hair Was Found.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/JavaTiger.jpg" alt=""/>
It could still be out there.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tiger-was-thought-extinct-then-a-single-strand-of-hair-was-found


Scientists Predict Prostate Cancer Cases to Double Within 20 Years

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/male_mri_scan_cancer.jpg" alt="man entering mri scanner"/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-predict-prostate-cancer-cases-to-double-within-20-years


Microplastics Are Infiltrating Archeological Remains, Scientists Warn

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/03/ArcheologicalDigSightAtWellingtonRowYorkUK.jpg" alt="Archeological dig site beneath a bridge surrounded by buildings"/>
"We see our historic heritage incorporating toxic elements."

https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-are-infiltrating-archeological-remains-scientists-warn


Math Homework Can End Up Doing More Harm Than Good, Study Shows

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/MathHomework.jpg" alt="Kid doing homework"/>
This is a serious problem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/math-homework-can-end-up-doing-more-harm-than-good-study-shows


"This Is The First Time": Drug Shows Signs of Slowing Parkinson's Disease

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/SynapsesInBrain.jpg" alt="Synapses In Brain"/>
We've finally found something.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-first-time-drug-shows-signs-of-slowing-parkinsons-disease


A Strange Thing Happens When You And Your Partner Drink Alcohol Over Time

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-07/processed/secondhanddrinking_600.jpg" alt="Two beers with sunset"/>
A mysterious pattern can be seen.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-thing-happens-when-you-and-your-partner-drink-alcohol-over-time


The Earliest Signal of Future Alzheimer's May Have Just Been Revealed

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/03/BrainWavesIllustrationOfYellowRimLitGreyMatterAndNeonPurpleWaves.jpg" alt="Illustration of yellow outlines brain with neon purple waves lines streaked through"/>
A biomarker found in the brain.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-earliest-signal-of-future-alzheimers-may-have-just-been-revealed


This Prickly New Material Literally Pops Viruses, With Up to 96% Success

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/VirusSpikes.jpg" alt="Virus magnified"/>
Hopefully coming to a hospital near you.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-prickly-new-material-literally-pops-viruses-with-up-to-96-success


Glitter Has a Dark Side, And It's Causing Even More Harm Than We Realized

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/03/star_glitter_eye.jpg" alt="star shaped glitter on a person's face"/>
It's worse than we thought.

https://www.sciencealert.com/glitter-has-a-dark-side-and-its-causing-even-more-harm-than-we-realized


The ISS Has Sprung An Air Leak, But NASA Says There's No Need to Panic

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/03/roscosmos_iss_leak.jpg" alt="international space station on a black background"/>
This problem isn't going away.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-iss-has-sprung-an-air-leak-but-nasa-says-theres-no-need-to-panic


Genes That Took Away Our Ancestor's Tail Put Us at Risk of a Spinal Disorder

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/man_white_underwear_tailless.jpg" alt="man in white underwear from behind"/>
An expert explains.

https://www.sciencealert.com/genes-that-took-away-our-ancestors-tail-put-us-at-risk-of-a-spinal-disorder


Empathy Could Be Socially Transmitted, Scientists Discover

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/HuggingPeople.jpg" alt="People hugging"/>
Hang out with kind people, if you can.

https://www.sciencealert.com/empathy-could-be-socially-transmitted-scientists-discover


TikTok's 'Budget Ozempic' Trend Is Exploding Online: But Is It Safe?

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/pillsontonguesuppliments_600.jpg" alt="two pills on a tongue"/>
Here's what you should know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tiktoks-budget-ozempic-trend-is-exploding-online-but-is-it-safe


Bizarre 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Hand Found Covered in Mysterious Writing

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/HandTitle.jpg" alt="Hand of Irulegi"/>
What does it mean?

https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-2000-year-old-bronze-hand-found-covered-in-mysterious-writing


Bone Stuffed With Henbane First Solid Evidence of The Plant's Use as a Drug

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/drug-bone.jpg" alt=""/>
Confirmed.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bone-stuffed-with-henbane-first-solid-evidence-of-the-plants-use-as-a-drug


It's Confirmed. A Major Atlantic Ocean Current Is Verging on Collapse.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/SwirlOfSurfaceCurrentsDancingAcrossTheAtlanticOceanColouredByTemperature.jpg" alt="swirls of red, yellow and green across map of the Atlantic"/>
Closer than we think.

https://www.sciencealert.com/its-confirmed-a-major-atlantic-ocean-current-is-verging-on-collapse


One of The World's Most Mysterious Whales Shows Signs of Holding Traditions

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/bairdsbeaked-whale.jpg" alt=""/>
They're like soggy people.

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-the-worlds-most-mysterious-whales-shows-signs-of-holding-traditions


Strange Object Described as Dracula's Sandwich Could Represent a New Kind of Baby Star

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/draculas-chivito.jpg" alt=""/>
Gomez's Hamburger is no longer alone.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-object-described-as-draculas-sandwich-could-represent-a-new-kind-of-baby-star


First Phase of Europe's Huge New Atom Smasher Could Be 20 Years Away

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/CERN_new_collider.jpg" alt="map of cern's new particle collider"/>
It's certainly ambitious.

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-phase-of-europes-huge-new-atom-smasher-could-be-20-years-away


'Pioneer' Humans Entered Europe Thousands of Years Earlier Than Thought

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/human_bone_LRJcomplex.jpg" alt="human bone black background"/>
They were hardcore.

https://www.sciencealert.com/pioneer-humans-entered-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought


Earth Isn't Flat, But New Theory Suggests Jupiter Might Once Have Been

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/planet-pancake.jpg" alt=""/>
No joke.

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-isnt-flat-but-new-theory-suggests-jupiter-might-once-have-been


Mysterious Ancient Megastructure Discovered Lurking Beneath The Baltic Sea

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/blinkerwall-header-alt.jpg" alt="Undersea morphology of the region, collected using a remote vehicle. White arrows point to the Blinkerwall."/>
It seems to have been deliberately constructed?

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-ancient-megastructure-discovered-lurking-beneath-the-baltic-sea


Wherever a Dead Body Lies, The Exact Same Organisms Always Appear

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-06/processed/010-death_600.jpg" alt="Human skull under blue and red lights"/>
Death comes to all. So do they.

https://www.sciencealert.com/wherever-a-dead-body-lies-the-exact-same-organisms-always-appear


Rare Human Case of Bubonic Plague in Oregon Confirmed by Authorities

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/BubonicPlagueOregon.jpg" alt=""/>
It's still out there.

https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-human-case-of-bubonic-plague-in-oregon-confirmed-by-authorities


Groundbreaking New Response to Cardiac Arrest Expected to Save Lives

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/XrayShowsRedHeartPain.jpg" alt="Xray Shows Red Heart Pain"/>
Right now only two countries are doing it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/groundbreaking-new-response-to-cardiac-arrest-expected-to-save-lives


Strange Meteorite Fragments That Exploded Over Berlin Now Identified

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/MeteoriteFragmentWhiteBackground.jpg" alt="Meteorite Fragment White Background"/>
They look completely different to most meteorites.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-meteorite-fragments-that-exploded-over-berlin-now-identified


The Color of Your Eyes Could Actually Affect Your Reading Ability

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/brown_blue_eyes.jpg" alt="woman with brown-flecked blue eyes"/>
Wait, what?

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-color-of-your-eyes-could-actually-affect-your-reading-ability


Unsolved Case of Lone Pregnant Stingray Offers Surprising Explanation

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/StingrayInWater.jpg" alt="Stingray In Water"/>
A remarkable new theory!

https://www.sciencealert.com/unsolved-case-of-lone-pregnant-stingray-offers-surprising-explanation


First Look at Asteroid Hints It's a Fragment of a Lost Ocean World

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/BennuCapsule.jpg" alt="Bennu capsule"/>
An eerie resemblance to something we've seen before.

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-look-at-asteroid-hints-its-a-fragment-of-a-lost-ocean-world


Surprise Discovery Shows Blue Whales Have Been Mating With Another Species

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-11/processed/bluewhaleheart_600.jpg" alt=""/>
Their DNA reveals a hidden secret.

https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-discovery-shows-blue-whales-have-been-mating-with-another-species


Critically Endangered Parrot Bounces Back in Huge Conservation Victory

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/OrangeBelliedParrotOnBranchWithFloofedCheeks.jpg" alt="Orange bellied parrot on branch with floofed up cheeks"/>
Finally!

https://www.sciencealert.com/critically-endangered-parrot-bounces-back-in-huge-conservation-victory


Obesity Disrupts Mitochondria, And We May Have Figured Out How

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/MitochondrialNetworks.jpg" alt="Mitochondrial Networks"/>
"The future possibilities are exciting."

https://www.sciencealert.com/obesity-disrupts-mitochondria-and-we-may-have-figured-out-how


Scientists Reveal What The Sky Looks Like in X-Ray Vision

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/eRositaXrayAllSkySurvey.jpg" alt="dazzlingly coloured x-ray energy map of the night sky"/>
"Mind-blowing numbers for X-ray astronomy."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-what-the-sky-looks-like-in-x-ray-vision


Scientists Slowed Down Light by 10,000 Times in an Experiment

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/LightBeam.jpg" alt="Light beam"/>
Wait, what?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-slowed-down-light-by-10000-times-in-an-experiment


Simulations Reveal What Happens When a Sperm Kisses an Egg

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/EggSurroundedBySpermBeforeFertilization.jpg" alt="Computer illustration of egg cell surrounded by sperm cells."/>
My chemical romance.

https://www.sciencealert.com/simulations-reveal-what-happens-when-a-sperm-kisses-an-egg


Life on Earth May Have Been Born in The Chaos of Volcanic Lightning

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/volcanic-lightning.jpg" alt=""/>
Does the fiery past explain our existence?

https://www.sciencealert.com/life-on-earth-may-have-been-born-in-the-chaos-of-volcanic-lightning


Does Kimchi Actually Promote Weight Loss? A New Study Reveals The Truth

<img width="128" height="51" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/10/PersonUsesChopsticksToPlaceKimchiOnTopOfNoodlesInABowl.jpg" alt="A person uses chopsticks to put kimchi on a bowl of noodles."/>
Let's look at the evidence.

https://www.sciencealert.com/does-kimchi-actually-promote-weight-loss-a-new-study-reveals-the-truth


The Genetic Secret of Giant Ocean Creatures Is Finally Revealed

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-01/processed/HumpbackWhaleWithGapingMawAboveWater_600.jpg" alt="A humpback whale"/>
"Humans also have these genes."

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-genetic-secret-of-giant-ocean-creatures-is-finally-revealed


Amazing New Photos of Saturn's Moons Have to Be Seen to Be Believed

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/saturn-moons-pic.jpg" alt=""/>
Totally surreal!

https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-new-photos-of-saturns-moons-have-to-be-seen-to-be-believed


A Tiny, Pea-Sized Thing in Your Brain May Be Much More Important Than We Thought

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/HighlightedStructureInsideBrain.jpg" alt="Highlighted Structure Inside Brain"/>
Never underestimate yourself.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-tiny-pea-sized-thing-in-your-brain-may-be-much-more-important-than-we-thought


Stunning Award-Winning Photo of Vulnerable Polar Bear Stirs The Heart

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/PolarBearNapsOnIceberg.jpg" alt="Polar Bear Naps On Iceberg"/>
A thousand words.

https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-award-winning-photo-of-vulnerable-polar-bear-stirs-the-heart


The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Key Differences

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/LabGlovesHoldBloodVial.jpg" alt="Lab Gloves Hold Blood Vial"/>
The largest study of its kind.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-blood-of-exceptionally-long-lived-people-reveals-key-differences


Mysterious 'Obelisks' Discovered in Humans. But What Are They?

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/WomanHasMouthSwabbed.jpg" alt="Woman Has Mouth Swabbed"/>
Hiding inside us all this time.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-obelisks-discovered-in-humans-but-what-are-they


Behold! The First Readable Passages From The Charred Scrolls of Vesuvius

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/VesuviusPassages.jpg" alt=""/>
AI reveals 2,000-year-old philosophies of pleasure.

https://www.sciencealert.com/behold-the-first-readable-passages-from-the-charred-scrolls-of-vesuvius


Amazing Spiral-Shaped Contact Lens Uses 'Optical Vortex' to Correct Vision

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/ContactVortex1024_415.jpg" alt="Contact lens"/>
"A significant advancement in the field of optics."

https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-spiral-shaped-contact-lens-uses-optical-vortex-to-correct-vision


Breakthrough: New Drug Could Halt The Growth of Aggressive Breast Cancer

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/BreastCancerDrug.jpg" alt=""/>
Unlike chemo, it targets cancerous cells only.

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-new-drug-could-halt-the-growth-of-aggressive-breast-cancer


Humanity's Impact: 'Lunar Anthropocene' Spurred by 500,000 Pounds of Trash on The Moon

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/EugeneCernanAtTheLMApollo17.jpg" alt="Eugene Cernan at the LM, Apollo 17"/>
Have we not learnt from our mistakes on Earth?

https://www.sciencealert.com/humanitys-impact-lunar-anthropocene-spurred-by-500000-pounds-of-trash-on-the-moon


Scientists Reveal How Nose-Picking Could Increase Risk of Alzheimer's

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/PickingNoseCloseUpMan.jpg" alt="A man picking his nose"/>
For your brain's sake, it's time to ditch the habit.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-nose-picking-could-increase-risk-of-alzheimers


Common Plastic Chemicals Linked to 10% of Premature Births in US, Major Study Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/PrematureBabyHoldingHandWIthCordsAttached.jpg" alt="Baby holding a hand"/>
Around 56,000 babies per year.

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-plastic-chemicals-linked-to-10-of-premature-births-in-us-major-study-finds


Rare 3D Fossil of Trees Older Than Dinosaurs Reveals Bizarre Alien-Like Ancient Forests

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/Sanfordiacaulis_header.jpg" alt="Sanfordiacaulis illustration"/>
"A strange growth form in the history of life."

https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-3d-fossil-of-trees-older-than-dinosaurs-reveals-bizarre-alien-like-ancient-forests


Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2021-12/processed/BlueViagraPills_600.jpg" alt="Blister pack with four blue pills."/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/erectile-dysfunction-drugs-may-lower-risk-of-alzheimers


Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Is Harboring a Secret Sloshing Ocean

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/Mimas.jpg" alt=""/>
You can't necessarily judge a moon by its crust.

https://www.sciencealert.com/saturns-death-star-moon-is-harboring-a-secret-sloshing-ocean


Bizarre Prehistoric Predator Fish Breathed Air, Had Fangs And Four 'Limbs'

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/CloseUpOfAustralianPredatorFish.jpg" alt="A fish face close up"/>
A 380-million-year-old identity crisis.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-prehistoric-predator-fish-breathed-air-had-fangs-and-four-limbs


There's a Curious Link Between Depression And Body Temperature, Large Study Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/WomanHotInBed.jpg" alt="Woman with arm over head"/>
"We're excited by the possibilities of a new avenue for treatment."

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-curious-link-between-depression-and-body-temperature-large-study-finds


This Poor Puppy Lost Part of His Jaw to Cancer. Astonishingly, It Grew Back!

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/CloseUpOfTysonTheDogWhoseJawGrewBack.jpg" alt="Close up of black french bulldog with his tongue sticking out"/>
The healing power of youth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-poor-puppy-lost-part-of-his-jaw-to-cancer-astonishingly-it-grew-back


JWST Imaged Two Apparent Alien Worlds Still Circling The Bodies of Their Dead Stars

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/white-dwarf-planet-art.jpg" alt=""/>
A glimpse of our Solar System's future?

https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-imaged-two-apparent-alien-worlds-still-circling-the-bodies-of-their-dead-stars


90,000 Years Ago, Humans Walked on a Moroccan Beach. We Just Found Their Footprints.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/FootprintsOnMoroccanBeachWithDepth.jpg" alt="Footprints and colors showing depth"/>
Incredible!

https://www.sciencealert.com/90000-years-ago-humans-walked-on-a-moroccan-beach-we-just-found-their-footprints


NASA Just Dropped Stunning Close-Up Pics of Volcanic Eruptions on Jupiter's Moon Io

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/jupiter_moon_io.jpg" alt=""/>
Like nothing here on Earth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-dropped-stunning-close-up-pics-of-volcanic-eruptions-on-jupiters-moon-io


Caffeine in Your Blood Might Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/CoffeeCup.jpg" alt="Cup of coffee"/>
Something to think about.

https://www.sciencealert.com/caffeine-in-your-blood-might-affect-body-fat-and-diabetes-risk-study-finds


A Daily Diet of Burgers And Pizzas Could Be Putting You at Risk of Alzheimer's

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/ProcessedFoods.jpg" alt="Pizza and processed foods"/>
Never too late to change.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-daily-diet-of-burgers-and-pizzas-could-be-putting-you-at-risk-of-alzheimers


Rise in Storm Intensity Prompts Calls For a Whole New Category of Hurricane

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/InfraredSateliteImageOfHurricanePatriciaOctober2015.jpg" alt="Infrared heat map of hurricane patricia from satellite"/>
"The wolf is here."

https://www.sciencealert.com/rise-in-storm-intensity-prompts-calls-for-a-whole-new-category-of-hurricane


It's Confirmed! Laser Fusion Experiment Hit a Critical Milestone in Power Generation

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/IllustrationNuclearFusionReactor.jpg" alt="Illustration of tiny metal capsule being bombarded with lasers."/>
There's still a long way to go.

https://www.sciencealert.com/its-confirmed-laser-fusion-experiment-hit-a-critical-milestone-in-power-generation


BMI And Dieting No Longer Taught in Australia. Here's What Kids Will Learn.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/student_eating_lunch.jpg" alt="young children eating lunch in the classroom"/>
It's long overdue.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bmi-and-dieting-no-longer-taught-in-australia-heres-what-kids-will-learn


Scientists Transformed Pure Water Into a Metal – And There's Video

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/10/MetallicWaterDroplet.jpeg" alt="Metallic water drop"/>
This is so cool!

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-transformed-pure-water-into-a-metal-and-theres-video


Monkey Study Reveals 91 Changes in Virtually Every Body Organ During Pregnancy

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/GettyImages-1071603408.jpg" alt=""/>
Some drastic metabolic shifts.

https://www.sciencealert.com/monkey-study-reveals-91-changes-in-virtually-every-body-organ-during-pregnancy


World's First 3D-Printed Neural Tissue Grows And Functions Like a Human Brain

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/3DPrintedBrainTissueGreenAndRed.jpg" alt="layers of brain tissue in green and red"/>
A new era in neuroscience.

https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-first-3d-printed-neural-tissue-grows-and-functions-like-a-human-brain


JWST Image Contains Photo Bombing Galaxy That Should Not Exist

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/dwarf_galaxy_PEARLSDG.jpg" alt="up close image of PEARLSDG"/>
How did that get there?

https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-image-contains-photo-bombing-galaxy-that-should-not-exist


A 'City Killer' Asteroid Is About to Pass By Earth. Here's How to Get a Look at It.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/asteroid_star_background.jpg" alt="asteroid against a starry background"/>
Everybody wave!

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-city-killer-asteroid-is-about-to-pass-by-earth-heres-how-to-get-a-look-at-it


Decades Old Physics Mystery – Feynman's Sprinkler Problem Finally Solved

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ReverseSprinklerGreenBlack.jpg" alt="Close up of sprinkler hub and outflowing water jets, illuminated by green lasers."/>
An enduring riddle in fluid mechanics.

https://www.sciencealert.com/decades-old-physics-mystery-feynmans-sprinkler-problem-finally-solved


Salads Grown in Space May Pose a Deadly Problem

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/SpaceLettuce.jpg" alt="Space lettuce"/>
This could be serious.

https://www.sciencealert.com/salads-grown-in-space-may-pose-a-deadly-problem


Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Seen in Melting Tibetan Glaciers

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/10/BacteriophageOnBacteria.jpg" alt="Bacteriophage On Bacteria"/>
The wait is nearly over.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-15000-year-old-viruses-seen-in-melting-tibetan-glaciers


We Breached The 1.5 °C Threshold Over 10 Years Ago, Study Warns

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/ChildTakingADrinkInYardAsFiersBlazeBehindHimInGreece.jpg" alt="child taking drink as fires blaze behind in Greece"/>
"The clock of climate change has been brought forward."

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-breached-the-1-5-c-threshold-over-10-years-ago-study-warns


Russian Cosmonaut Smashes World Record For Most Time in Space

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/kononenko-spacewalk.jpg" alt=""/>
This is huge.

https://www.sciencealert.com/russian-cosmonaut-smashes-world-record-for-most-time-in-space


Radical New Time Crystal Revealed That Lasts Millions of Times Longer

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/data_points_time_crystal_flame.jpg" alt=""/>
This changes everything.

https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-new-time-crystal-revealed-that-lasts-millions-of-times-longer


You May Not Need to Lose as Much Weight as You Think, Expert Reveals

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/TwoPeopleJoggingOnRoad.jpg" alt="Two People Jogging On Road"/>
The evidence is clear.

https://www.sciencealert.com/you-may-not-need-to-lose-as-much-weight-as-you-think-expert-reveals


US Woman Receives Revolutionary Brain Implant For OCD And Epilepsy

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/WomanSmilingWithBrownHair.jpg" alt="Woman Smiling With Brown Hair"/>
"This is the first time in the world that's been done."

https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-receives-revolutionary-brain-implant-for-ocd-and-epilepsy


Video Games Could Put Millions at Risk of Permanent Hearing Loss

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/woman-gamer-with-headset.jpg" alt=""/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/video-games-could-put-millions-at-risk-of-permanent-hearing-loss


Astronomers Find New Super-Earth That Could Be a Habitable World

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/DepictionofAlienPlanet.jpg" alt="Depiction of Alien Planet"/>
This looks very promising.

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-find-new-super-earth-that-could-be-a-habitable-world


Bipolar Disorder Linked to a Higher Risk of Early Death Than Smoking

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GettyImages-1127022931.jpg" alt=""/>
Startling new findings.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bipolar-disorder-linked-to-a-higher-risk-of-early-death-than-smoking


Forests Break a Mesmerizing Law Found Throughout Nature

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/08/USNationalForests.jpg" alt=""/>
Unruly systems.

https://www.sciencealert.com/forests-break-a-mesmerizing-law-found-throughout-nature


Antifungal Creams Could Be Triggering a Wave of Superfungal Skin Infections

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/cream_antifungal_toe.jpg" alt="women putting topical treatment on her toe"/>
We should be careful.

https://www.sciencealert.com/antifungal-creams-could-be-triggering-a-wave-of-superfungal-skin-infections


'Sleepy Girl Mocktails' Might Work After All, if You Know What You're Doing

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/cherries_sleepy_time_girl.jpg" alt="cherries in a drink"/>
The perfect night cap.

https://www.sciencealert.com/sleepy-girl-mocktails-might-work-after-all-if-you-know-what-youre-doing


Tardigrade Genes Reveal a Strange History of Their Crazy Survival Skills

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/50594160246_1c993024e4_k.jpg" alt="tardigrade"/>
They might be tiny, but they're not simple.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-genes-reveal-a-strange-history-of-their-crazy-survival-skills


Your Skin Is a Billboard For Hidden Illnesses. Here's How to Read It.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/woman_looking_at_skin_arm.jpg" alt="woman looking at skin on her arm"/>
Look carefully.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-skin-is-a-billboard-for-hidden-illnesses-heres-how-to-read-it


Strange New Kind of Magnetism Found Lurking In Material Just Six Atoms Thick

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/spheres_holes_grid.jpg" alt="spheres falling onto a grid of holes"/>
Not your typical fridge magnet.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-new-kind-of-magnetism-found-lurking-in-material-just-six-atoms-thick


Nanoparticles in Some of The World's Oldest Rocks Found to Hide Clues on Life's Origins

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/smaller_-3.46-billion-year-old-jasper-beds-from-an-outcrop-near-Marble-Bar-Pilbara-region.-Steve-Sheppard.jpg" alt=""/>
How it all started.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nanoparticles-in-some-of-the-worlds-oldest-rocks-found-to-hide-clues-on-lifes-origins


More And More Hermit Crabs Are Wearing Trash as a Home Instead of Shells

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/LittleBlueGreyHermitCrabSportingRedPlasticRubbishAsItsShell.jpg" alt=""/>
Bottle lids and parts of old light bulbs.

https://www.sciencealert.com/more-and-more-hermit-crabs-are-wearing-trash-as-a-home-instead-of-shells


'Sudden Death' Discovery Defies Our Understanding of Superconductivity

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/abstract_spiral_quantum_vortex.jpg" alt="abstract spiral"/>
"We can't explain at all this observation."

https://www.sciencealert.com/sudden-death-discovery-defies-our-understanding-of-superconductivity


Research Shows One Easy Diet Swap Can Reduce Blood Pressure And Heart Attacks

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/SaltSwap.jpg" alt="Salt being added to water"/>
Why aren't more of us doing it?

https://www.sciencealert.com/research-shows-one-easy-diet-swap-can-reduce-blood-pressure-and-heart-attacks


We Finally Know What This Mysterious Ice Age 'Magic Wand' Was Used For

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/rope_making_lochstab.jpg" alt="found perspectives on carved ivory artifact with holes"/>
Spellbinding.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-what-this-mysterious-ice-age-magic-wand-was-used-for


4 Out of 5 Autoimmune Patients Are Female: The X Chromosome Could Explain Why

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/GettyImages-902916790-AI-fill-copy.jpg" alt=""/>
This is a bit unfair.

https://www.sciencealert.com/4-out-of-5-autoimmune-patients-are-female-the-x-chromosome-could-explain-why


Massive Exoplanet Spotted With a 350,000-Mile Long, Comet-Like Tail

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/ShootingStar.jpg" alt="WASP-69b illustration"/>
An incredible finding.

https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-exoplanet-spotted-with-a-350000-mile-long-comet-like-tail


Seeds of Life? Samples Taken From Asteroid Ryugu Contain Traces of Comet Particles

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/RyuguSampleLocation.jpg" alt="Asteroid Ryugu"/>
"This organic matter might be the small seeds of life once delivered from space to Earth.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/seeds-of-life-samples-taken-from-asteroid-ryugu-contain-traces-of-comet-particles


Several Bizarre Visual Symptoms Shown to Be a Strong Predictor For Alzheimer's

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/EyeLooking.jpg" alt="Colourful eye"/>
And we need to catch them earlier.

https://www.sciencealert.com/several-bizarre-visual-symptoms-shown-to-be-a-strong-predictor-for-alzheimers


In a Creepy Twist, One of The Oldest Tombs in Sweden Is Missing All of Its Skulls

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/BuriedSkull.jpg" alt="Buried skull"/>
What happened here?

https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-creepy-twist-one-of-the-oldest-tombs-in-sweden-is-missing-all-of-its-skulls


Scientists Find Mysterious, Oozing Black Eggs Almost 4 Miles Below The Ocean's Surface

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/OozingWormEggs.jpg" alt=""/>
Sick.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-mysterious-oozing-black-eggs-almost-4-miles-below-the-oceans-surface


Scientists Determine The Dog Breeds That Live Longest – And It's All in The Nose

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/GettyImages-1167410153-1.jpg" alt="dog swimming in ocean"/>
Choose wisely.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-determine-the-dog-breeds-that-live-longest-and-its-all-in-the-nose


WHO Warns Cancer Cases Will Jump 77% by 2050. Here's Why.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/09/MicrographOfCancer.jpg" alt="Micrograph Of Cancer"/>
The writing's on the wall.

https://www.sciencealert.com/who-warns-cancer-cases-will-jump-77-by-2050-heres-why


Turns Out There's One Animal Powerful Enough to Mess With Lions' Feeding Habits

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/LungingLionessChasingDownAFleeingYoungZebra.jpg" alt="dynamic shot of lioness lunging at baby zebra"/>
Everything’s connected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/turns-out-theres-one-animal-powerful-enough-to-mess-with-lions-feeding-habits


Simulations Reveal HIV's Circus Trick For Invading The Nucleus of a Host's Cell

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CellInvade.jpg" alt="HIV cell"/>
A sneaky approach.

https://www.sciencealert.com/simulations-reveal-hivs-circus-trick-for-invading-the-nucleus-of-a-hosts-cell


6-Million-Year-Old Ape's Ear Suggests We Learned to Walk Upright in 3 Steps

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/IllustrationOfLufengpithecus.jpg" alt="Illustration of ancient apes moving about through trees on two limbs, four limbs and using their arms."/>
We're kind of odd.

https://www.sciencealert.com/6-million-year-old-apes-ear-suggests-we-learned-to-walk-upright-in-3-steps


Experts Confirm: US Is Dealing With an 'Out-of-Control' STI Epidemic

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/SyphilisBacteria.jpg" alt=""/>
Even babies are at risk.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-confirm-us-is-dealing-with-an-out-of-control-sti-epidemic


Measles Cases Soaring Worldwide as WHO Reports Alarming 45-Fold Rise in Europe

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-04/processed/AsianChildWithMeasles_600.jpg" alt="A child's face with measles rash"/>
It's highly infectious, and mostly preventable.

https://www.sciencealert.com/measles-cases-soaring-worldwide-as-who-reports-alarming-45-fold-rise-in-europe


Financial Stress Could Impact Your Health More Than Grief, Study Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/StressBodyFinances.jpg" alt=""/>
It's a heavy burden to carry.

https://www.sciencealert.com/financial-stress-could-impact-your-health-more-than-grief-study-finds


We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/01/pantheon-dome.jpg" alt="The dome of the Pantheon."/>
Mystery solved!

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years


Biogen's Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Withdrawn From Market

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/12/VaccineProductionInLab.jpg" alt="Vaccine vials in lab setting with red lighting"/>
It was once touted as a breakthrough.

https://www.sciencealert.com/biogens-controversial-alzheimers-drug-withdrawn-from-market


Critically-Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Found Dead, Tangled in Rope

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/02/DeadNorthAtlanticRightWhale.jpg" alt="Deceased female North Atlantic right whale"/>
A tragic loss, with only around 360 left in the world.

https://www.sciencealert.com/critically-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whale-found-dead-tangled-in-rope


Tomato Juice Can Kill Salmonella, The Bacteria That Terrorizes Our Guts

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CloseUpOfPersonEatingTomato.jpg" alt="Close up of a person eating a tomato, juice running down their hand."/>
A secret weapon against food poisoning?

https://www.sciencealert.com/tomato-juice-can-kill-salmonella-the-bacteria-that-terrorizes-our-guts


Breathtaking JWST Images of 19 Spiral Galaxies Reveal Incredible Diversity

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GalaxyNG1566HubbleAndJWSTviews.jpg" alt=""/>
"Mind-blowing even for researchers who have studied these same galaxies for decades."

https://www.sciencealert.com/breathtaking-jwst-images-of-19-spiral-galaxies-reveal-incredible-diversity


Gut Inflammation Linked to Alzheimer's Disease, Yet Again

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/3DRenderOfIntestinesVilliAndMicrobes.jpg" alt="3D illustration of intestines and the microbes within them"/>
Not just a brain disease.

https://www.sciencealert.com/gut-inflammation-linked-to-alzheimers-disease-yet-again


Stunning Prehistoric Jewelry Reveals 9 Hidden Societies in Ice Age Europe

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ice_age_jewelery_clans.jpg" alt="various beads and ornaments from ice age europe"/>
A beautiful diversity.

https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-prehistoric-jewelry-reveals-9-hidden-societies-in-ice-age-europe


This Tiny Version of a Human Heart on a Chip Beats Like The Real Thing

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ElectronicHeart.jpg" alt="Electronic heart"/>
It's how scientists say "I love you."

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tiny-version-of-a-human-heart-on-a-chip-beats-like-the-real-thing


Wreckage of Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane Found, Explorers Claim

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2018-03/processed/Amelia_Earhart_LOC_hec.40747_1_600.jpg" alt="Amelia Earhart in plane"/>
Has the 87-year mystery been solved?

https://www.sciencealert.com/wreckage-of-amelia-earharts-lost-plane-found-explorers-claim


Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted First Ever Human Brain Chip

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ElonMuskNeuralinkConcept.jpg" alt="Elon Musk"/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/elon-musk-says-neuralink-has-implanted-first-ever-human-brain-chip


2,000-Year-Old Bones Undermine Myth About Columbus And Syphilis

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/HumanRemainsBrazilSyphilis.jpg" alt=""/>
Not quite the disease we'd imagined.

https://www.sciencealert.com/2000-year-old-bones-undermine-myth-about-columbus-and-syphilis


Discovery Points to a 'Sewage System' For The Brain Right Behind Our Nose

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/NasopharyngealPlexus.jpg" alt=""/>
A secret passageway.

https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-points-to-a-sewage-system-for-the-brain-right-behind-our-nose


Moths Aren't Drawn to Flames. Here's What's Really Happening.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/moth_light_source.jpg" alt="moth on bright surface"/>
We’ve been wrong all along.

https://www.sciencealert.com/moths-arent-drawn-to-flames-heres-whats-really-happening


Tapping Into The Power of a Hypothetical Black Hole Could Create an Insane Bomb

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/black_hole_bomb.jpg" alt="artist's impression of a black hole."/>
Let's agree to never do this.

https://www.sciencealert.com/tapping-into-the-power-of-a-hypothetical-black-hole-could-create-an-insane-bomb


Physicists Discover Evidence of Time Being Reversible in Glass

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/broken_hourglass.jpg" alt="broken hourglass"/>
Wait, what?

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-discover-evidence-of-time-being-reversible-in-glass


Embryo Development Linked to a 500 Million Year Old Viral Infection

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/HumanEmbryo.jpg" alt="Human embryo"/>
We're all 8-10 percent retrovirus.

https://www.sciencealert.com/embryo-development-linked-to-a-500-million-year-old-viral-infection


Virus That Murders Sleeping Bacteria Could Be Used to Assassinate Superbugs

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/PhagePicture.jpg" alt="Illustration of the Paride phage"/>
Nighty-night.

https://www.sciencealert.com/virus-that-murders-sleeping-bacteria-could-be-used-to-assassinate-superbugs


FDA Warns of 'Gas Station Heroin' Supplements. Here's Why They're a Growing Concern.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/white_pills_white_bottle.jpg" alt="white pills from a white bottle"/>
It's not the dietary supplement you might think it is.

https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-warns-of-gas-station-heroin-supplements-heres-why-theyre-a-growing-concern


Unique Feature of a Nearby Black Hole Could Help Solve Cosmic Ray Mystery

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/nasa_artist_image_quasar2.jpg" alt=""/>
It's special.

https://www.sciencealert.com/unique-feature-of-a-nearby-black-hole-could-help-solve-cosmic-ray-mystery


Want to Get More Exercise? Maybe Leave Your Spouse Behind

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-02/processed/BeardedSeniorManRunningInACity_600.jpg" alt="Grey haired man running in orange top"/>
Here's what the science says.

https://www.sciencealert.com/want-to-get-more-exercise-maybe-leave-your-spouse-behind


Even More Evidence That Alzheimer's Was Being Spread by Now-Banned Injections

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/Alzheimers-banned-injections.jpg" alt=""/>
Devastating.

https://www.sciencealert.com/even-more-evidence-that-alzheimers-was-being-spread-by-now-banned-injections


First-Ever Footage of a Newborn Great White Shark Has Scientists in a Frenzy

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/DroneFootageWhiteSharkSurfacing.jpg" alt="White shark nears the surface in green ocean waters."/>
What a beauty!

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-footage-of-a-newborn-great-white-shark-has-scientists-in-a-frenzy


Scientists Think They're on The Verge of Breaching The Blood-Brain Barrier

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/RedFluorescentProteinsBrain.jpg" alt=""/>
At long last.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-theyre-on-the-verge-of-breaching-the-blood-brain-barrier


'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/SEMofHumanGutMicrobiomeFecalSample.jpg" alt="Mix of different shaped, falsely colored blobs that make up the microbes within us."/>
Ancient relics within.

https://www.sciencealert.com/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system


Scientists More Hopeful Than Ever That Perseverance Has Already Found Life on Mars

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/PerseveranceSelfie.jpg" alt=""/>
It's searching in the perfect spot.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-more-hopeful-than-ever-that-perseverance-has-already-found-life-on-mars


Astronomers See a New Type of Hidden Star For The First Time

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/shadow-2000x1200-1.jpg" alt="Red star with shadow over it"/>
So cool.

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-see-a-new-type-of-hidden-star-for-the-first-time


Dark-Age Skeletons Uncovered With Buckets on Their Feet And Rings Around Their Necks

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/SkullRopeDarkages.jpg" alt="Skull with rope wrapped around neck"/>
What were they trying to stop?

https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-age-skeletons-uncovered-with-buckets-on-their-feet-and-rings-around-their-necks


'Landmark Discovery': Hubble Detects Water Vapor in Smallest Exoplanet to Date

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/WaterVaporHubble.jpg" alt="Illustration of a blue planet"/>
97 light-years away.

https://www.sciencealert.com/landmark-discovery-hubble-detects-water-vapor-in-smallest-exoplanet-to-date


World First Partial Heart Transplant Is Growing With a Baby

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/partialheart_owen_1024.jpg" alt=""/>
"Expected to last a lifetime."

https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-partial-heart-transplant-is-growing-with-a-baby


Do You Live in a 'Blue Zone'? Here's Why You Might Live Longer For It

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/woman_beach_sardinia.jpg" alt="woman from behind, standing on a beach in Sardinia"/>
Longer and healthier lives.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-you-live-in-a-blue-zone-heres-why-you-might-live-longer-for-it


There's a Surprisingly Simply Reason Why Some Kids Learn to Talk Earlier

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ChildTalkAge.jpg" alt=""/>
It's not all genetic.

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-simply-reason-why-some-kids-learn-to-talk-earlier


Hell Chicken Discovery Could Tell Us Just How Doomed The Dinosaurs Were

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/artist_rep_hell_chicken.jpg" alt=""/>
Was the end really nigh?

https://www.sciencealert.com/hell-chicken-discovery-could-tell-us-just-how-doomed-the-dinosaurs-were


Something Strange Happens to Wolves Infected by Infamous Mind-Altering Parasite

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/11/CloseUpYellowstoneWolf.jpg" alt="Close up Yellowstone Wolf"/>
Their minds are not fully their own.

https://www.sciencealert.com/something-strange-happens-to-wolves-infected-by-infamous-mind-altering-parasite


Diamonds Could Be Raining From The Sky on Far More Planets Than We Realized

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/DiamondRain.jpg" alt="Diamond rain graphic"/>
Extreme weather expected.

https://www.sciencealert.com/diamonds-could-be-raining-from-the-sky-on-far-more-planets-than-we-realized


Friction Plays a Surprising Role in The Development of Sea Squirt Eggs

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ChangingShapeOfTheMyoplasmMoleculesHighlightedInBlue.jpg" alt="Series of three images showing the molecules making up a blob shape changing in their configuration"/>
Squish!

https://www.sciencealert.com/friction-plays-a-surprising-role-in-the-development-of-sea-squirt-eggs


Pets Appear to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older People Who Live Alone

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/12/GreyHairedWomanTakesSelfieWithDog.jpg" alt="Grey-haired woman takes selfie with brown dog in forest."/>
The best kind of friend.

https://www.sciencealert.com/pets-appear-to-slow-cognitive-decline-in-older-people-who-live-alone


The Ideal Running Pace Is Slower Than You Might Think

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/group_of_people_jogging.jpg" alt="group of people running in the park"/>
Stay in the zone.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ideal-running-pace-is-slower-than-you-might-think


Green Spaces May Have a Powerful Effect on The Bones of Children

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GreenSpaceBoneDensity.jpg" alt=""/>
Get those kids outside.

https://www.sciencealert.com/green-spaces-may-have-a-powerful-effect-on-the-bones-of-children


Lupus Tracked to Changes in a Single Gene That Tames The Immune System

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-08/processed/ChildClimbingLadder_600.jpg" alt="A child climbing up a ladder"/>
The link we've been looking for.

https://www.sciencealert.com/lupus-tracked-to-changes-in-a-single-gene-that-tames-the-immune-system


Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Could Have a Surprising Effect on Drinking Habits

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/DrinkingHabitsOzempic.jpg" alt="Beer being filled"/>
This could be life changing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-could-have-a-surprising-effect-on-drinking-habits


Listlessness in Depression Can Be Seen in The Eyes

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/listlessness_depression_eyes.jpg" alt=""/>
Can our pupils predict treatment response?

https://www.sciencealert.com/listlessness-in-depression-can-be-seen-in-the-eyes


Strange Link Between OCD And Dying Early From a Wide Variety of Causes

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/line_of_screws_ocd.jpg" alt="man lining up screws"/>
Oddly, cancer isn't one of them.

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-link-between-ocd-and-dying-early-from-a-wide-variety-of-causes


Archaeologists Hunting For Cleopatra's Tomb Found a "Geometric Miracle" Tunnel

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/11/Egyptian_tunnel_cleopatra.jpg" alt="A tunnel in a tomb."/>
What's it for?

https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-hunting-for-cleopatras-tomb-found-a-geometric-miracle-tunnel


A Record-Sized Deep Sea Coral Reef Was Mapped in The Atlantic, And It's Breathtaking

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/BrightCrustateanInAmidstPaleDeepSeaCoralAndAnenomes.jpg" alt="Bright crustacean amidst pale deep sea anenomes"/>
A wonderfully alien ecosystem.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-record-sized-deep-sea-coral-reef-was-mapped-in-the-atlantic-and-its-breathtaking


Hepatitis Treatment Prevents The Progress of a Common Blood Cancer

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-03/processed/MalignantCancerCellRendering_600.jpg" alt="A big red cancer cell"/>
There is a link.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hepatitis-treatment-prevents-the-progress-of-a-common-blood-cancer


Rare Psychiatric Events Linked to Ozempic Have Experts Concerned

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/OzempicPsychiatricSideEffects.jpg" alt=""/>
The picture is hazy.

https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-psychiatric-events-linked-to-ozempic-have-experts-concerned


Anomalous Moon Substance Shows Curious Magnetic And Reflective Properties

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ReinerGammaLunarSwirl.jpg" alt="Black and white close up satellite image of Reina Gamma lunar swirl."/>
New clues to an old mystery.

https://www.sciencealert.com/anomalous-moon-substance-shows-curious-magnetic-and-reflective-properties


Flesh-Eating Buruli Ulcer Was an 80-Year Mystery: Scientists Reveal The Culprits

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/MycobacteriamUlceransImage.jpg" alt="Mycobacterium ulcerans"/>
Here's how you can protect yourself.

https://www.sciencealert.com/flesh-eating-buruli-ulcer-was-an-80-year-mystery-scientists-reveal-the-culprits


New Alzheimer's Link Points to Immune Attack And Blood-Brain Barrier

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/05/BrainNeurons.jpg" alt="Brain neurons"/>
This could be how the brain's defense breaks down.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzheimers-link-points-to-immune-attack-and-blood-brain-barrier


What Is Adenomyosis, The Little-Known Condition That Affects as Many as 1 in 5 Women?

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/05/WomanDoubledOverInPainOnSofa.jpg" alt="A woman doubled over in pain clutching her stomach and cradling her head in her hand."/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-is-adenomyosis-the-little-known-condition-that-affects-as-many-as-1-in-5-women


Breakthrough: Deaf Boy Can Hear After First Gene Treatment in US

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-05/processed/ListeningEar_600.jpg" alt="hand on ear"/>
"Literally hearing sound for the first time in his life."

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-deaf-boy-can-hear-after-first-gene-treatment-in-us


Early Human Bones Reveal Paleo Diet Favored Plants Over Meat

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/HandsGrabbingGrapes.jpg" alt=""/>
We might need to rethink our ancestors' eating habits.

https://www.sciencealert.com/early-human-bones-reveal-paleo-diet-favored-plants-over-meat


Astrophysicist 'Fixes' General Relativity by Throwing Out a Major Law

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/abstract_general_rel.jpg" alt=""/>
Sorry Einstein.

https://www.sciencealert.com/astrophysicist-fixes-general-relativity-by-throwing-out-a-major-law


Insane NASA Satellite Image Reveals Heat Leaking From Iceland's New Fissures

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/LavaFlowFagradalsfjallAugust2022.jpg" alt="lava flow"/>
Hazards remain high.

https://www.sciencealert.com/insane-nasa-satellite-image-reveals-heat-leaking-from-icelands-new-fissures


Toxic Tiny RNA Molecules Identified as Culprit in Alzheimer's Neuron Death

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CreepyLookingNeuron.jpg" alt="A detailed illustration of a neuron firing on a black background"/>
"An entirely new approach."

https://www.sciencealert.com/toxic-tiny-rna-molecules-identified-as-culprit-in-alzheimers-neuron-death


'Strong And Consistent Evidence' Links Multivitamins to Memory And Cognitive Benefits

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ColourTablets.jpg" alt="Coloured tablets"/>
Could this reduce Alzheimer's risk?

https://www.sciencealert.com/strong-and-consistent-evidence-links-multivitamins-to-memory-and-cognitive-benefits


Doomsday Clock Remains Closer Than Ever To Midnight For 2nd Year

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/11/DoomsdayClockConceptPIc.jpg" alt="hands shielding light in front of clock close to midnight"/>
We're alarmingly nearing an uninhabitable Earth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/doomsday-clock-remains-closer-than-ever-to-midnight-for-2nd-year


It's Open! Breathtaking First Look at The Contents of NASA's Bennu Asteroid Sampler

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/orex-high-res.jpg" alt="Inside of Bennu sampler"/>
A time capsule from the birth of the Solar System.

https://www.sciencealert.com/its-open-breathtaking-first-look-at-the-contents-of-nasas-bennu-asteroid-sampler


Stone Age Teenagers' Chewing Gum Reveals Life 9,700 Years Ago in Fascinating Detail

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/file-20240118-27-aehxwa.jpeg" alt=""/>
A bad habit, or a valuable time capsule?

https://www.sciencealert.com/stone-age-teenagers-chewing-gum-reveals-life-9700-years-ago-in-fascinating-detail


Japan's Moon Lander Could Still Be Saved, And Lots of Data Has Been Received

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/12/GoldenLunarLandarOnMoon.jpg" alt="Golden Lunar Lander On Moon"/>
There is hope!

https://www.sciencealert.com/japans-moon-lander-could-still-be-saved-and-lots-of-data-has-been-received


Even Nicotine-Free Vapes Can Damage Lung Tissue: One Protein Plays a Key Role

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ManVaping.jpg" alt="Man vaping"/>
Nicotine-free doesn't mean damage-free.

https://www.sciencealert.com/even-nicotine-free-vapes-can-damage-lung-tissue-one-protein-plays-a-key-role


For Some Reason, Bigfoot Sightings Keep Showing Up Around Bear Hangouts

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/BlackBearStandingUpInWoods.jpg" alt="A black bear standing next to trees"/>
Wonder why that is...?

https://www.sciencealert.com/for-some-reason-bigfoot-sightings-keep-showing-up-around-bear-hangouts


New Antidepressant Could Restore The Body's Ability to Fight Cancer

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AntidepressantCancer.jpg" alt=""/>
Mental health is just the start.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-antidepressant-could-restore-the-bodys-ability-to-fight-cancer


Most Animals Have a 24-Hour Body Clock. This Beetle Breaks All The Rules.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/DarkBrownBeetleMunchingOnGreenLeafCloseUp.jpg" alt="Close up of dark brown beetle munching on a green leaf"/>
Dancing to a different tune.

https://www.sciencealert.com/most-animals-have-a-24-hour-body-clock-this-beetle-breaks-all-the-rules


Intermittent Fasting Does Work For Weight Loss – But Only if You Follow This Rule

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/IntermittentFasting.jpg" alt="Food on plate"/>
It's not a "free pass".

https://www.sciencealert.com/intermittent-fasting-does-work-for-weight-loss-but-only-if-you-follow-this-rule


Alcohol Changes How Your Brain's Genes Work. Changing Them Back May Fight Addiction.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/man_staring_at_alcohol.jpg" alt="man staring at glass of alcohol at a bar"/>
It's not just alcohol, either.

https://www.sciencealert.com/alcohol-changes-how-your-brains-genes-work-changing-them-back-may-fight-addiction


A Massive Tsunami Could Have Wiped Out Populations in Stone Age Britain

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/sunrise_coast_howick.jpg" alt="sunrise over the coast of howick England"/>
Don't think it couldn't happen again.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-tsunami-could-have-wiped-out-populations-in-stone-age-britain


The Semen Microbiome Is a Thing, And It Might Be Impacting Fertility

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GettyImages-139803575-1.jpg" alt=""/>
Swimming with bacteria.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-semen-microbiome-is-a-thing-and-it-might-be-impacting-fertility


Chemists Have Just Tied The Tightest Knot Ever, Made of Just 54 Atoms

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/trefoil_knot_molecule.jpg" alt="trefoil knot"/>
Just the thing for tiny sailors.

https://www.sciencealert.com/chemists-have-just-tied-the-tightest-knot-ever-made-of-just-54-atoms


Bacteria Responsible For Acne Were Genetically Modified to Treat It Instead

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AsianWomanPimpleOnNose.jpg" alt="Asian woman looking displeased at pimple on her nose, inspecting it with her pointer finger."/>
Culprit turned comrade.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteria-responsible-for-acne-were-genetically-modified-to-treat-it-instead


Do We Have Quantum Brains? 'Irrational' Behavior Follows Strange Rules

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/purple_blocky_brain.jpg" alt="brain made of tiny purple and pink blocks"/>
It could explain a lot.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-we-have-quantum-brains-irrational-behavior-follows-strange-rules


New Evidence Highlights a Serious Flaw in Our Perception of Autism

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/YoungPersonRelaxesInSunlight.jpg" alt="Young Person Relaxes In Sunlight"/>
Decades of unfounded assumptions.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-highlights-a-serious-flaw-in-our-perception-of-autism


Screen Time Could Have a Surprising Effect on Our Children's Ability to Process Sensations

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/child_in_front_of_tv.jpg" alt=""/>
The debate on screen time continues.

https://www.sciencealert.com/screen-time-could-have-a-surprising-effect-on-our-childrens-ability-to-process-sensations


Women Still Typically Outlive Men, But That Gender Gap Is Slowly Closing

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/MaleFemaleLifeExpectancy.jpg" alt=""/>
A glimpse into the future.

https://www.sciencealert.com/women-still-typically-outlive-men-but-that-gender-gap-is-slowly-closing


Nearly 1 in 5 Online Health Tests 'Quackery'. Here's How to Avoid Them.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/home_test_health_kit.jpg" alt="man dripping liquid from small vial into test kit"/>
Ask these four questions first.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nearly-1-in-5-online-health-tests-quackery-heres-how-to-avoid-them


There's a Solar Eclipse Crossing The US in 2024 That Will Blow Your Mind

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/017_solar_eclipse_corona.jpg" alt="annular solar eclipse"/>
It could be the most observed in history.

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-solar-eclipse-crossing-the-us-in-2024-that-will-blow-your-mind


Do These Experiments Really Show Rats Replaying Memories Inside Their Minds?

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/10/WhiteLabMouseUpClose.jpg" alt="White mouse peering over black wall in front of pink background."/>
An episode in the life of a rat.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-these-experiments-really-show-rats-replaying-memories-inside-their-minds


We Now Know Why This Common Rock Is So Good at Growing Clouds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/MountainClouds.jpg" alt="Clouds on a mountain"/>
The curious case of feldspar.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-now-know-why-this-common-rock-is-so-good-at-growing-clouds


Expert Reveals What Happens to Your Liver When You Quit Alcohol

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/WomanDrinksBeverageInSunlight.jpg" alt="Woman Drinks Beverage In Sunlight"/>
The changes happen in just weeks.

https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-what-happens-to-your-liver-when-you-quit-alcohol


Bizarre Fossils Are Neither Plant Nor Animal, But a 'Weird Fusion' of Life

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/EuglenidCyst.jpg" alt=""/>
A YouTube video helped solve a billion-year-old mystery.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-fossils-are-neither-plant-nor-animal-but-a-weird-fusion-of-life


What if Life on Earth Began When Interstellar Objects Crashed Here?

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/ConceptArtOfOumuamuaFromItsWidestAngle.jpg" alt="Painting of a thick, plate-like asteroid with craters on it"/>
Maybe we're all aliens.

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-life-on-earth-began-when-interstellar-objects-crashed-here


Your Body Has a Built-in Weight Loss System You May Not Know About

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/07/IllustrationOfDifferentKindsOfBacteria.jpg" alt="An illustration of different kinds of bacteria."/>
A natural version of the wonder drugs.

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-body-has-a-built-in-weight-loss-system-you-may-not-know-about


This Camera Takes 1,000 Years to Capture a Single Photograph

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CameraTop.jpg" alt="Millennium camera"/>
Long exposure!

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-camera-takes-1000-years-to-capture-a-single-photograph


Hidden Source of Mysterious Glow in The Early Universe Finally Revealed

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AzaharSmulationScreenshot.jpg" alt="Bright purple lights in a circle on a dark background"/>
A light in a dark place.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-source-of-mysterious-glow-in-the-early-universe-finally-revealed


Cluster of Ancient Lost Cities in The Amazon Is The Largest Ever Found

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AmazonRainforestEcuadorWithRiver.jpg" alt="Amazon rainforest"/>
A hidden world is revealed.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cluster-of-ancient-lost-cities-in-the-amazon-is-the-largest-ever-found


These Tiny Creatures Become Cannibals After Sex Turns Deadly

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AntichinusTinyMouseyMarsupialTiltingHeadCutely.jpg" alt=""/>
Don't be fooled by their sweet faces!

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-tiny-creatures-become-cannibals-after-sex-turns-deadly


Mystery Object in Space Could Be The Lightest Black Hole Ever Found

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/strange-object.jpg" alt=""/>
This is a really weird one!

https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-object-in-space-could-be-the-lightest-black-hole-ever-found


Scientists Think They've Figured Out How Cannabis Triggers The Munchies

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CannabisMunchies.jpg" alt=""/>
We've never seen this before!

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-theyve-figured-out-how-cannabis-triggers-the-munchies


Disease X: WHO Warns Future Outbreak Just a Matter of Time

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/LabGloveHoldsSample.jpg" alt="Lab Glove Holds Sample"/>
It won't be hypothetical forever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/disease-x-who-warns-future-outbreak-just-a-matter-of-time


Scientists Discover Alarming Evidence Global Warning Is Accelerating

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/polar_bear_on_melting_ice.jpg" alt="polar bear on sea ice with a setting sun behind"/>
Here's what we know.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-alarming-evidence-global-warning-is-accelerating


We've Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For The Last 300 Years

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/09/SpinningTopRestingOnDeskInSunlight.jpg" alt=""/>
Are you kidding me?

https://www.sciencealert.com/weve-been-misreading-a-major-law-of-physics-for-the-last-300-years


What Happens When You Quit Caffeine? An Expert Explains The Hidden Benefits.

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/HandOnCoffeeTamp.jpg" alt="A coffee tamp in someone's hand"/>
Here’s what the science says.

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-happens-when-you-quit-caffeine-an-expert-explains-the-hidden-benefits


A Massive Amount of Water Ice Has Been Found on Mars, Lurking Beneath The Equator

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/mars-equator-ice.jpg" alt=""/>
Not such a dry old dustball after all.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-amount-of-water-ice-has-been-found-on-mars-lurking-beneath-the-equator


45,000-Year-Old Tools And Bones Reveal Earliest Evidence of Homo Sapiens in Eastern Asia

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/stone-tools-header-1.jpg" alt=""/>
"A captivating story of early human migration."

https://www.sciencealert.com/45000-year-old-tools-and-bones-reveal-earliest-evidence-of-homo-sapiens-in-eastern-asia


Drinking This Carbon Monoxide-Infused Foam Supercharges Cancer Therapy in Mice

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/CarbonFoam.jpg" alt="Carbon foam"/>
A surprising treatment path?

https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-this-carbon-monoxide-infused-foam-supercharges-cancer-therapy-in-mice


There's a Surprising Link Between Food And Sleep: Here's How to Eat For a Restful Night

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/RefreshedLadySleepingCloser.jpg" alt="person stretching arms waking up"/>
Sleep-friendly food swaps.

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprising-link-between-food-and-sleep-heres-how-to-eat-for-a-restful-night


Physicists Design a Way to Detect Quantum Behavior in Large Objects, Like Us

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/LIGOMirrors.jpg" alt="LIGO mirrors"/>
This might transform physics.

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-design-a-way-to-detect-quantum-behavior-in-large-objects-like-us


Epic 600-Mile Travels of One Wooly Mammoth May Hold Clues to Their Extinction

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/WoolyMammothWithCurlyTusksHeadHighTrunkCurled.jpg" alt="Illustration of a wooly mammoth with impressive curved tusks"/>
"She was a young adult in the prime of life."

https://www.sciencealert.com/epic-600-mile-travels-of-one-wooly-mammoth-may-hold-clues-to-their-extinction


Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Losing Ice Much, Much Faster Than We Thought

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/GreenlandIceSheet18Jan2024.jpg" alt="greenland glacier"/>
"Just starts to slide right off into the ocean."

https://www.sciencealert.com/greenlands-ice-sheet-is-losing-ice-much-much-faster-than-we-thought


Meteorite Reveals The Young Moon's Crust Held Far More Water Than We Ever Realized

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/LunarMeteorite4billionYears.jpg" alt="a meteorite"/>
A steamy past uncovered.

https://www.sciencealert.com/meteorite-reveals-the-young-moons-crust-held-far-more-water-than-we-ever-realized


Gut Bacteria Is Surprisingly Resilient to Antibiotics, Long-Term Study Shows

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/AntibioticImpactsOnPlatedBacteria.jpg" alt="Blobs of bacteria on yellow agar plate, steering clear of one but not the other antibiotic laced white dot"/>
Sometimes drug resistance can be a good thing...

https://www.sciencealert.com/gut-bacteria-is-surprisingly-resilient-to-antibiotics-long-term-study-shows


At The Dawn of Time, Astronomers Discover The Earliest Black Hole Ever Seen

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/gn-z11-art.jpg" alt=""/>
And it's massive...

https://www.sciencealert.com/at-the-dawn-of-time-astronomers-discover-the-earliest-black-hole-ever-detected


Four New Octopus Species Discovered in Deep-Sea Paradise Off The Coast of Costa Rica

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/octopus-in-space.jpg" alt=""/>
World of wonders.

https://www.sciencealert.com/four-new-octopus-species-discovered-in-deep-sea-paradise-off-the-coast-of-costa-rica


Venomous Snake Pulled From a Family's Fridge Water Dispenser in a Horrifying Development

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/SnakeInFridge.jpg" alt="snake in an ice dispenser"/>
A chilling discovery.

https://www.sciencealert.com/venomous-snake-pulled-from-a-familys-fridge-water-dispenser-in-a-horrifying-development


Indian Tectonic Plate Is Splitting in Two Beneath Tibet, Latest Analysis Finds

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/mt_everest_sunset.jpg" alt=""/>
How the Himalayas got so tall.

https://www.sciencealert.com/indian-tectonic-plate-is-splitting-in-two-beneath-tibet-latest-analysis-finds


Textbooks Need to Be Re-Drawn: Discovery Upends Understanding of Water's Organization

<img width="128" height="52" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/01/WaterDropletsStructure.jpg" alt="Water droplet causing ripples"/>
Fascinating.

https://www.sciencealert.com/textbooks-need-to-be-re-drawn-discovery-upends-understanding-of-waters-organization