The ‘American Cheetah’ Was Actually a Different Animal All Along : ScienceAlert
The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: Climate shifts and glaciation caused profound animal migrations and…
Scientists Create New Antibody For Virus That Infects 95% of People : ScienceAlert
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the world’s most common viruses, thought to be lurking in 95…
Giant Study Unravels The Links Between Meat Consumption And Stomach Cancer : ScienceAlert
There’s now a substantial amount of evidence that eating more meat – particularly red and processed meat –…
Scientists Reveal What Happens When You Switch From a Low-Carb to a High-Carb Diet : ScienceAlert
Low-carbohydrate diets are one of the most popular options for losing weight, with data suggesting 7 percent of…
NASA Found Strange Holes on Mars. Scientists Aren’t Sure What Made Them. : ScienceAlert
Alone in a dried-up crater lake millions of miles from Earth, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been tirelessly exploring…
Over 40% of Earth Could Become ‘Drylands’ by 2100, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
As the world gets hotter, many of its driest regions are expected to get even drier. When this…
Scientists Uncover Shared Genetic Roots of OCD, Tourette Syndrome, And Autism : ScienceAlert
The prenatal to postnatal development of our brains involves a complex cascade of chemicals, branching brain-signaling pathways, and…
Scientists Identify a Nose-to-Brain Circuit That Links Anxiety And Breathing : ScienceAlert
Anxiety disorders are humanity’s most common mental disorders, affecting some 359 million people globally. Controlled breathing can help…
Arctic Rivers Are Defying What Scientists Thought They Knew About Erosion : ScienceAlert
Scientists have to follow the data, even if it doesn’t make sense. This is the situation that researchers…
Statins Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Massive Type 2 Diabetes Study : ScienceAlert
There’s no effective treatment for dementia, and cases keep growing. The best bet at the moment is to…
Type 1 Diabetes May Actually Be Two Different Diseases, Massive International Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Identifying distinctive types of conditions like diabetes is helpful in two ways. It means treatments can be personalized…
Squid Are Taking Over The Ocean – And Not For The Reason You Might Think : ScienceAlert
We’ve made some drastic changes to ocean ecosystems in the past century. One of the stranger patterns to…