Extreme ‘Fire Amoeba’ Smashes Record For Heat Tolerance : ScienceAlert
A single-celled organism squirming about in the searing waters of California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park has just set…
‘Vampire Squid From Hell’ Reveals The Ancient Origins of Octopuses : ScienceAlert
The elusive ‘vampire squid from hell‘ has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking…
Wild Pigs Turned ‘Neon Blue’ in California, Triggering Warnings : ScienceAlert
Game hunters have found startlingly ‘neon blue’ flesh inside of wild pigs in California, triggering advisory statements on…
A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect : ScienceAlert
A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists…
One Form of Exercise Can Improve Sleep Long Term, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
As the years pass, it can become harder to get a good night’s rest. The most common sleep…
Belgium’s ‘Little Einstein’ Earns PhD in Quantum Physics at Age 15 : ScienceAlert
A fifteen-year-old dubbed “Belgium’s little Einstein” has completed his PhD in quantum physics in what could be record…
Man Keeps Rock For Years, Hoping It’s Gold. It Turned Out to Be Way More Valuable. : ScienceAlert
In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector,…
Scientists Pinpoint One Key Molecule Behind Exercise’s Anti-Aging Power : ScienceAlert
We know exercise is good for us, but scientists are still figuring out why, at the most fundamental…
Scientists Discover Speech Trait That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline : ScienceAlert
Early signs of Alzheimer’s disease may be hidden in the way a person speaks, but it’s not yet…
Newly Discovered Organism Could Represent a Whole New Branch in The Tree of Life : ScienceAlert
It’s not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been…
Stressed? Your Body Thinks You’re Fighting Lions Every Day, Say Anthropologists : ScienceAlert
Rising cases of chronic stress could be down to a mismatch between modern living and our own biology,…
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? A Physicist Did The Math : ScienceAlert
If you’ve ever wondered what would actually happen if a microscopic black hole tunneled straight through your body,…