Running Ultra-Marathons May Harm Your Blood Cells, Study Warns : ScienceAlert
Pushing the body towards ultra-marathon distances can cause red blood cells to be less flexible, potentially impacting their…
Aloe Vera Compound May Help Fight Alzheimer’s Disease, Simulations Suggest : ScienceAlert
Could the natural world point us towards improved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease? A new study of the Aloe…
Scientists Think Greenland’s Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock : ScienceAlert
Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, radar images have revealed strange, plume-like structures distorting the layering deposited over…
Changes to One of The Largest Known Stars May Signal Destruction : ScienceAlert
One of the largest stars known in the Universe has done something strange – and scientists are debating…
Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile : ScienceAlert
Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting…
Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed : ScienceAlert
Scientists have many theories about how Earth’s raw materials turned into living cells, but a new proposal is…
Scientists Simulated The Big Bang’s Aftermath, And Found The Universe Was Like Soup : ScienceAlert
Immediately after the Big Bang boomed, the Universe was a trillion-degree ‘soup‘ of unimaginably dense plasma. In a…
Scientists May Have Found The Key Cellular Process Behind Aging in Animals : ScienceAlert
A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered…
Something Strange Altered Earth’s Magnetic Field 40 Million Years Ago : ScienceAlert
Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago…
Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way : ScienceAlert
A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a…
Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem : ScienceAlert
A few blobs of lab-grown brain tissue have demonstrated a striking proof of concept: living neural circuits can…
Deer Create Mysterious Ultraviolet Signals That Glow in Forests : ScienceAlert
Deer have the ability to see ultraviolet light, and a recent study shows they can also leave a…