Radioactive Stardust From an Ancient Cosmic Blast Is Still Raining on Earth : ScienceAlert
A sprinkling of radioactive plutonium atoms hidden in the ocean floor may trace back to a cosmic cataclysm…
The Link Between Vitamin C And Brain Health Just Got Even Clearer : ScienceAlert
We can’t make our own vitamin C, so we need to imbibe enough of this essential nutrient through…
Success! Physicists Build The World’s First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei : ScienceAlert
A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time. Using…
Scientists Finally Discover How Venus Flytraps Snap Shut So Fast : ScienceAlert
To succeed in a hunt, a predator often needs to be faster than its prey. Plants are not…
This Week in Science: World’s Biggest Scorpion, a Whale Graveyard, And More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: A world record, a world first, and much more! We start with a scorpion…
Extraordinary Fossils Solve a 500-Million-Year Evolution Mystery : ScienceAlert
The Cambrian explosion was one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of evolution. Around 540 million…
Men Can Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age, And We Finally Know The Cost : ScienceAlert
The human Y chromosome is shrinking. In the next 5 million years or so, some geneticists think the…
Earliest Flickering Quasar Ever Seen Could Explain Monster Black Holes : ScienceAlert
Astronomers have discovered the earliest known flickering quasar, whose light has traveled more than 13 billion years to…
Geologists Went Looking For Gold. They Found Something Far Rarer. : ScienceAlert
When you’re prospecting for gold, sometimes you can find treasure of a different kind. That’s what happened in…
A Strange ‘Cold Blob’ in The Atlantic Signals We’re Almost at a Tipping Point : ScienceAlert
There’s a strange anomaly in the North Atlantic, just south of Greenland: A ‘cold blob’ of ocean and…
Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Mystery Points to an Epic Human Journey : ScienceAlert
Somber, still, and timeworn, Stonehenge looms large in humanity’s mythos – an ancient, enigmatic monument that has stood…
Giant Whale Graveyard Found in The Ocean Is Like a Drowned City of The Dead : ScienceAlert
In an abyssal chasm yawning deep beneath the Indian Ocean, a vast ‘city of the dead’ has slowly…