Experts Reveal The Difference Between a Psychopath And a Sociopath

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

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

 Eye Color Change Surgeries Are a Dangerous Trend, Expert Warns

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

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

 Experiment Suggests Scrapping The Beer Pint Would Boost Health in UK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Just One Shot of an Existing Vaccine Could Prevent Mpox Infection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 This Famous Van Gogh Painting Features Astonishingly Accurate Physics

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

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

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

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

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

 JWST Confirms Distant Galaxy Was Murdered by a Black Hole

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

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

 Fragrance in Care Products Could Be Triggering Early Puberty in Girls

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

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

 Drug Resistant Bacteria Expected to Kill Tens of Millions by 2050

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 We May Have Found Where Modern Humans And Neanderthals Became One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Mysterious Structures Discovered Hidden Under The Surface of Mars

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

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

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

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

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

 History-Making SpaceX Mission Ends With a Splash After Spacewalks

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

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

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

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

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

 A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation Are Very Real, Expert Warns

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

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

 A Profound Mystery Gave Earthworms The Most Chaotic Genomes Ever Seen

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

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

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

<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-02/RogueWaveBCVancouver_600.gif" alt="animation of a grid representing a giant rogue wave"/>
<img width="600" height="243" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022-02/RogueWaveBCVancouver_600.gif" alt="animation of a grid representing a giant rogue wave"/>Terrifying stuff. 

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

 Scientists Discover a Brain Network Twice The Size in Depression Patients

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 A Giant Cosmic Question Mark Has Been Identified in Deep Space

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

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

 Skyscraper Tsunami Unleashed by Seismic Anomaly Never Seen Before

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

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

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

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

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

 FDA Approves Apple AirPods Pro as Hearing Aids in Industry First

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

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

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

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

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

 SpaceX Makes History With First Spacewalks Ever by Private Citizens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Exercising Regularly Appears to Make Your Belly Fat 'Healthier'

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

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

 Massive New Volcano Discovered Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Io

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 AI Chatbots Have a Political Bias That Could Unknowingly Influence Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For Our Leftover Coffee Grounds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Winds of Iron Discovered Circulating on Nearby Hell Planet

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

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

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

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

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

 A Deadly Pandemic Now Threatens The Most Remote Place on Earth

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

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

 Amazing Footage Shows How Eels Escape Death After Being Swallowed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission

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

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

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

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

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

 Quantum Experiment Could Finally Reveal The Elusive Gravity Particle

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

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

 Surprise Result Shows Mysterious Alzheimer's Signal May Protect Brain

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

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

 Accidental Virus Release May Have Triggered Mysterious 1977 Pandemic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Down

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

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

 Radical New Super-Tough Transistor Could Revolutionize Electronics

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

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

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

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

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

 Scientists Reveal The Absolute Worst Thickness For a Paper Cut

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

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

 HPV Linked to Disturbing Changes in Human Sperm, Scientists Find

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

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

 A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/04/GettyImages-1140560155-2-1024x415.jpg" alt="Sleeping pill in hand"/>Intriguing...

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-sleeping-pill-may-reduce-buildup-of-alzheimers-proteins-study-finds 

 Alien Planets May Be Trapped in Endless Day or Eternal Night

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/IllustrationOfTidallyLockedExplanetNASAs.jpg" alt="Illustration of a planet dry on one side wet on the other facing a sun"/>A moment that lasts forever.

https://www.sciencealert.com/alien-planets-may-be-trapped-in-endless-day-or-eternal-night 

 NASA Deploys Sail of Experimental Spacecraft Propelled Purely by Light

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/NASAsSolarSailNowDeployedForTesting.jpg" alt="silver sail beneath a planet"/>A brilliant idea takes flight.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-deploys-sail-of-experimental-spacecraft-propelled-purely-by-light 

 Hints of a Hidden Structure Detected at The Edge of The Solar System

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/kuiper-belt-kornmesser.jpg" alt="Hints of a Hidden Structure Detected at The Edge of The Solar System"/>Something nobody was expecting to find.

https://www.sciencealert.com/hints-of-a-hidden-structure-detected-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system 

 Expert Warns Why You Should Never Become Your Own Dentist

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/12/FingerPointsAtTeethXray.jpg" alt="Finger Points At Teeth Xray"/>Health starts at home... but not dentistry.

https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-warns-why-you-should-never-become-your-own-dentist 

 Incredible Experiment Reveals a Way to Make Skin Transparent

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/mouse_and_reflection.jpg" alt="mouse with reflection"/>You can't unsee this.

https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-experiment-reveals-a-way-to-make-skin-transparent 

 Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab With Vibrating Molecules

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/09/CancerCellsRedOnBlueBackground1042x415.jpg" alt="cancer cells"/>"A different way to treat cancer."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-destroy-99-of-cancer-cells-in-lab-with-vibrating-molecules 

 The Larger Brains of Humans Come With a Tragic Cost, Study Finds

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/YoungChimpFacingHumanWomenBothWithPuckeredLips.jpg" alt="Young chimp facing human woman"/>Our species is especially vulnerable.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-larger-brains-of-humans-come-with-a-tragic-cost-study-finds 

 That 'Tadpole Water' Drink on TikTok Might Actually Have Health Benefits

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/tadpole_water.jpg" alt="tadpole_water"/>It still doesn't look appetizing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/that-tadpole-water-drink-on-tiktok-might-actually-have-health-benefits 

 Type 2 Diabetes Drug Linked to 35% Lower Dementia Risk in Patients

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/TabletsInHandWithPinkFingernails.jpg"/>Here's what we know about the connection.

https://www.sciencealert.com/type-2-diabetes-drug-linked-to-35-lower-dementia-risk-in-patients 

 Bird Flu Hits Dairy Cows in California – Number 1 Milk Producing State in US

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/CaliforniaDairyCows.jpg"/>Officials are acting quickly.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bird-flu-hits-dairy-cows-in-california-number-1-milk-producing-state-in-us 

 Four Key Nutrients Are Shockingly Lacking in Over 60% of People's Diets

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/NutrientDiet.jpg" alt="Healthy diet"/>A wake-up call for health worldwide.

https://www.sciencealert.com/four-key-nutrients-are-shockingly-lacking-in-over-60-of-peoples-diets 

 CBD And THC in Cannabis Don't Interact How We Thought

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/THCVersusCBD.jpg" alt="CBD And THC in Cannabis Don't Interact How We Thought"/>THC is the 'victim'.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cbd-and-thc-in-cannabis-dont-interact-how-we-thought 

 4 Billion Years Ago a Giant Impact Reshaped Jupiter's Largest Moon

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/ganymede_closeup.jpg" alt="4 Billion Years Ago a Giant Impact Reshaped Jupiter's Largest Moon"/>We can still see the scars.

https://www.sciencealert.com/4-billion-years-ago-a-giant-impact-reshaped-jupiters-largest-moon 

 A Surprising Number of Cats Want You to Play Fetch With Them

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/OrangeCatWithPawInAir.jpg" alt="A ginger and white cat reaching it's paw in the air"/>It's not just for dogs.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-surprising-number-of-cats-want-you-to-play-fetch-with-them 

 Surprise Asteroid Strikes Earth's Atmosphere, Burning Up Over Philippines

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/meteorite_philippines.jpg" alt="meteorite over the philippines"/>A rare event.

https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-asteroid-strikes-earths-atmosphere-burning-up-over-philippines 

 60% of Earth's Food Crops Aren't Being Visited by Enough Pollinators

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/honeybee-appleblossom-pollinator-1.jpg" alt="macro photo of a yellow and black striped bee is in the centre of an apple blossom that has white petals with a pink blush at their edges."/>"Cause for concern and optimism."

https://www.sciencealert.com/60-of-earths-food-crops-arent-being-visited-by-enough-pollinators 

 Breakthrough: Scientists Create World's First Nuclear Clock Prototype

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/AtomicClockCover.jpg"/>A new era in precision timekeeping.

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-create-worlds-first-nuclear-clock-prototype 

 Bacteria in Your Mouth Reproduce in a Strange, Rare Way, Scientists Discover

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/bacteria-colony.jpg" alt="Bacteria in Your Mouth Reproduce in a Strange, Rare Way, Scientists Discover"/>And they grow 5 times faster than other related species.

https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteria-in-your-mouth-reproduce-in-a-strange-rare-way-scientists-discover 

 Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Before You Start a New Diet

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SaladAboutToBeEaten.jpg" alt="Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Before You Start a New Diet"/>Expert tips for mindful eating.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ask-yourself-these-4-questions-before-you-start-a-new-diet 

 New Evidence Reveals Unexpected Origins of Horse Domestication

<img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/09/SuspiciousHorseWithHand.jpg" alt="Close up of side of a horse's face"/>Challenging the Kurgan hypothesis.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-reveals-unexpected-origins-of-horse-domestication