Astronomers Are Finding More “Dark Comets” Hiding in Plain Sight Near Earth : ScienceAlert
The Solar System is full of the ghostly remnants of its violent birth. This ancient debris includes sad…
Medications Already in Pharmacies May Slow Aging, And Scientists Are Narrowing Them Down : ScienceAlert
In the quest to find ways to help us live at a healthier level for a longer period…
A Common Gym Supplement May Give Cancer-Fighting Cells an Energy Boost : ScienceAlert
While it’s also produced naturally by the body, creatine is perhaps best known as a ‘muscle supplement’: It…
One Diet Helped Aging Mice Lose Fat While Preserving Muscle : ScienceAlert
As we age, keeping excess body fat in check while preserving muscle becomes increasingly difficult. This raises the…
The Structure of The Milky Way May Have Shaped Earth’s Continents : ScienceAlert
In the beginning, there was moosh. At the dawn of the Solar System, young Earth was little more…
Humans Can Echolocate, And It Changes The Wiring of The Brain : ScienceAlert
Echolocation is a fascinating way that animals like bats and whales find their way around the world. By…
Moss Is Generating Electrical Waves That Look Startlingly Like a Neural Network : ScienceAlert
Mosses are some of the earliest plants that appeared in the fossil record, but they’re anything but simple.…
Pumpkin Peel Offers an Incredible New Way to Keep Food Fresh, Study Shows : ScienceAlert
Making food last for longer is something humans have been working on for millions of years, and we’re…
Scientists Find a Way Around a 160-Year-Old Law of Physics to Create Programmable Heat : ScienceAlert
There are certain laws of physics that heat must follow. Take Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, for example,…
Scientists Finally Worked Out Why Some Hair Is Curly – And It Starts Beneath The Skin : ScienceAlert
If you’re sick of your dead-straight hair or untameable curls, the blame doesn’t start with your wash and…
Modern Life May Be Pushing Human Minds Beyond Their Limits, Reflecting an Evolutionary Mismatch : ScienceAlert
Try to think back to the last day you remember that wasn’t packed full of things to do,…
A Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse. Scientists Say The Effects May Reach California : ScienceAlert
Earth’s climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. Dust from North Africa’s Sahara Desert drifts thousands of…