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…
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…
Hidden Coral World The Size of Vatican City Found Deep Beneath The Ocean : ScienceAlert
In the pitch-dark gloom beneath the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina, a magical wonderland lies…
Scientists Identify The World’s Biggest Known Scorpion, The Size of a Dog : ScienceAlert
If you were wandering around Earth’s floodplains 415 million years ago, you wouldn’t have come across any other…
Scientists Reveal The Optimal Amount of Strength Training For a Longer Life : ScienceAlert
Strength training may help you live longer, according to a large new study – though the data shows…
One Drink of Alcohol a Day Raises Your Risk of 10 Cancers, Study Warns : ScienceAlert
People who enjoy a cheeky drink every now and then usually do so knowing that it’s not particularly…
Growing ‘Cancer Crisis’ Requires Millions More Healthcare Workers, Report Warns : ScienceAlert
The human population is growing larger and older, which means cancer cases and deaths are increasing, too. Based…
Physicists Just Achieved ‘Perfect Randomness’ For The First Time Ever : ScienceAlert
One of the hardest things to do in physics is to generate true, provably unpredictable randomness. That’s because…
A Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery : ScienceAlert
For millions of people, statins are a daily shield against heart disease. But around 10 percent of those…