An Ancient Form of Plant Communication Still Lures Pollinators Using Heat : ScienceAlert
Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they’re just one part of the toolkit plants use…
JWST Catches Record-Breaking Planet Sprouting Two Enormous Tails : ScienceAlert
About 880 light-years from Earth, a hot mess of an exoplanet is slowly spilling its atmosphere into space,…
Our Brains Can Still Outsmart AI Using One Clever Trick : ScienceAlert
Despite the rapid advances in artificial intelligence in recent years, the humble human brain still has the edge…
This Insanely Long Ribbon Worm Turns Out to Be The Oldest on Record : ScienceAlert
Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world’s oldest ribbon worm on record. The adopted invertebrate…
The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Find : ScienceAlert
Dementia is often associated with older people, but it doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Some risk factors…
Meat-Eating ‘Death-Ball’ Sponges : ScienceAlert
Sponges are some of the simplest and least dangerous animals on Earth, but a new species seems to…
Sun’s Ghost Particles Finally Caught Transforming Atoms : ScienceAlert
Thousands of meters underground, in the chthonic depths of Earth’s crust, scientists have at long last caught solar…
One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says : ScienceAlert
What you gain in a day by staying up late might be curtailing how long you live, according…
NASA Confirms It Has Lost Contact With Mars Orbiter MAVEN : ScienceAlert
NASA has officially lost contact with a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2014. The MAVEN spacecraft…
Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Revealed to Be Worth Over $1 Million : ScienceAlert
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but a chunk of ‘rock’ used to keep a door…
Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk : ScienceAlert
There’s a lot of evidence that more exercise helps reduce cancer risk – but why are the two…
62,000 Penguins Starved to Death Off South Africa’s Coast Last Decade. Here’s Why. : ScienceAlert
A brutal confluence of environmental change and human fishing habits left tens of thousands of adult African penguins…