Shrews Can Shrink Their Brains by 30%. Here’s How They Grow It Back. : ScienceAlert
In preparation for winter, the common shrew (Sorex araneus) shrinks its brain by 30 percent to conserve precious…
Study Reveals How Much Exercise You Need Weekly To Control Blood Pressure : ScienceAlert
When it comes to exercising for your heart’s sake, you don’t want to peak too early in life.…
Scientists May Have Found a Blueprint to Revive Old Cells : ScienceAlert
Many of the body’s processes slow down or falter as we get older, including tissue regeneration. In a…
Giant Kangaroo Fossils Reveal a Surprise About How They Moved : ScienceAlert
The image of kangaroos hopping their way across the Australian outback is iconic – and it turns out…
Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash : ScienceAlert
Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might…
Earthquake Sensors Detect Sonic Booms From Incoming Space Junk : ScienceAlert
Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk. As they…
Mysterious Giants Could Be a Whole New Kind of Life That No Longer Exists : ScienceAlert
Ever since their discovery more than 165 years ago, massive fossilized structures left by an organism known as…
Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Vaccines may do far more than prevent infections. The way that some inoculations train your immune system could…
The World’s Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old : ScienceAlert
Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous.…
Scientists Discover a New Quantum State of Matter Once Considered Impossible : ScienceAlert
A quantum state of matter has appeared in a material where physicists thought it would be impossible, forcing…
A ‘Hidden’ Metabolic Disorder May Not Show Up on Your Scale, Researchers Say : ScienceAlert
A metric that looks beyond height and weight to underlying biological markers of metabolic health is providing revised…
The Secret to Amazing Coffee May Lie Deep Inside Elephants : ScienceAlert
The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in…