Prion-Like Brain Damage Can Occur Without Infectious Prions, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called…
Grim Signals of Future Antimicrobial Resistance Found Lurking in Sewage : ScienceAlert
Dangerous bacteria and other disease-causing microbes are rapidly evolving ways to defy our best antibiotic medications, a phenomenon…
A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong : ScienceAlert
Scientists have recently discovered an interaction between an electromagnetic wave and its own magnetic component as it passes…
Laughing Gas Can Offer Immediate Relief From Depression, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
A review by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the UK has…
Vampire Squid, a Galactic Tornado, And Much More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: the genetic secrets of the ‘vampire squid from hell’; a dinosaur superhighway; the longest…
Complex Life May Be a Billion Years Older Than We Thought : ScienceAlert
The origins of complex, nucleated cellular life – everything from amoebas to humans – may date back a…
This Prehistoric Bird Choked to Death on 800 Rocks, And No One Knows Why : ScienceAlert
A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling…
Vomiting Syndrome Linked to Cannabis Is on The Rise in The US : ScienceAlert
A rare vomiting condition associated with chronic cannabis use is becoming more common at emergency departments in the…
‘Tornado’ of Galaxies Is The Longest Spinning Structure Ever Seen : ScienceAlert
A team of astronomers studying the distribution of galaxies in nearby space has discovered something truly extraordinary: a…
New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered in Dogs May Pose a Risk to Humans : ScienceAlert
Several dogs in the US have died following infections by a newly discovered tick-borne disease from the same…
Close Brush With ‘Cosmic Dog’ May Still Be Seen at Solar System’s Edge : ScienceAlert
About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects…
DNA Analysis Reveals Two Routes Ancient Humans Used to Reach Australia : ScienceAlert
The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct…