‘Very Unexpected’: NASA Rover Zapped a Rock on Mars And Found a Gemstone Surprise : ScienceAlert
When NASA’s Perseverance rover used its laser to tease apart some pale rocks lying around in Jezero Crater…
Rare Variants in One Gene May Help The Body Burn Fat Instead of Storing It : ScienceAlert
What if some people were born with a metabolic setting that made them healthier by keeping fat out…
A 10-Second Treatment Can Stop Tooth Decay in Kids Without Drilling : ScienceAlert
Heading to the dentist for work on cavities isn’t the most pleasant childhood experience – even if it’s…
Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them : ScienceAlert
An ant nest can appear to be a jumble of tiny bodies moving independently. But every so often,…
Scientists Made a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself : ScienceAlert
The invention of radio communications in the 1890s was a discovery that changed the world. A signal could…
Generative AI Could ‘Invent’ Biological Discoveries That Don’t Exist : ScienceAlert
An AI system could help scientists identify a promising new drug. But it could also convince them that…
Super Rare Humpback Whale Birth Filmed by Drone For The First Time Off The Coast of Australia : ScienceAlert
A baby humpback whale’s first moments in the open ocean have been captured using drone photography for the…
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…
‘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…
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…
Scientists Tested 17 Human Artery Samples – And Found Microplastics in Every Single One : ScienceAlert
With microplastics (plastic fragments less than 5 mm or 0.2 inches in size) being discovered in multiple parts…