World’s Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland : ScienceAlert
A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the…
This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Contained a Sparkling Crystal Surprise : ScienceAlert
A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China gave paleontologists a huge surprise. Rather than a…
This Bizarre Parasitic ‘Mushroom’ Plant Quit Photosynthesis – And It’s Thriving : ScienceAlert
A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
Over 50% of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren’t From Clogged Arteries : ScienceAlert
Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block flow…
Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth’s Core : ScienceAlert
By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird…
Reindeer Eyes Do Something Incredible When Winter Comes : ScienceAlert
Reindeers may not have noses that glow red in the night, but they do have a marvelous body…
AI’s Big Red Button Doesn’t Work, And The Reason Is Even More Troubling : ScienceAlert
It’s one of humanity’s scariest what-ifs – that the technology we develop to make our lives better develops…
Ancient ‘Wet Lava Ball’ Exoplanet Defies Expectations : ScienceAlert
A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we…
Supercomputers Just Revealed What Really Happens Near a Black Hole : ScienceAlert
The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn…
Fusion Reactors Might Create Dark Matter Particles, Physicists Show : ScienceAlert
Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An…
Scientists Released Caged Mice Into The Wild, And an Incredible Thing Happened : ScienceAlert
Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse…