Sharks With Headlights: Glowing Sharks Use Their Own Shine to Hunt Prey, New Evidence Suggests : ScienceAlert
In the deep, dim ocean, a world of eat-or-be-eaten, lighting up may seem like a counterintuitive survival strategy.…
Scientists Are Starting To Understand The ‘Largest Biomechanical Event on Earth’: Whales Hunting For Food on a Single Breath : ScienceAlert
When a blue whale dives below the waves, their heart rate plummets to conserve oxygen. Their massive hearts…
Strange DNA Structures Found in The Human Genome Go Beyond The Double Helix : ScienceAlert
One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix – the twisting, twin-stranded…
‘Only One Conclusion’: Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice : ScienceAlert
The fact that you, or I, or any living creature, is here at all is a series of…
There’s One Predator That Terrifies Bears And Mountain Lions Alike : ScienceAlert
The wilds of North America can be a hazardous place. It’s there that some of the most intimidating…
The World Is Running Out of River Sand, And That’s a Massive Issue : ScienceAlert
All over the world, industrial sand mining is extracting river sediment much, much faster than Earth’s natural cycles…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Entanglement Distance Record With 420 Kilometers of Optical Fiber : ScienceAlert
Maintaining a long-distance relationship may be difficult for humans, but it’s even more difficult for entangled states. The…
Sponge Foraging in Dolphins Does Something Unique to Their Genes : ScienceAlert
A small population of dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, do something very unique: They use a marine sponge…
‘Natural Protection From Asthma And Allergies’: Scientists Isolate Bacteria Behind The Immune System Farm Effect : ScienceAlert
For decades, scientists have theorized that kids actually need to get a bit dirty for their immune systems…
There May Be 170 Million Black Holes Lurking in The Milky Way’s Graveyard : ScienceAlert
Black holes are sneaky. Unless they light up their surroundings with a rare feeding frenzy, it’s very difficult…
Hell-World Venus May Have Once Had Oceans Across 90% of Its Hot, Dry Surface : ScienceAlert
It’s hard to picture two more similar yet different worlds than Earth and Venus. Our own world is…
This Week in Science: Dyson Spheres, Hidden Amazon Structures, And More : ScienceAlert
This Week in Science: Creatine’s effect on cancer, a dinosaur-era ‘turducken’, and much more! First up: JWST has…