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…
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…
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…
Giant Gravity Anomaly Under Antarctica Is Getting Stronger, Scientists Reveal : ScienceAlert
Although Earth is approximately spherical, its gravity field doesn’t adhere to the same geometry. In visualizations, it more…
X-Ray Blaze Could Be First Glimpse of a Black Hole Shredding a White Dwarf : ScienceAlert
A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white…
Beating ‘Heart-on-a-Chip’ Could Help Fight The World’s Leading Cause of Death : ScienceAlert
Scientists have created a three-dimensional “heart-on-a-chip” (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world’s…
Common Diabetes Drug Linked With ‘Exceptional Longevity’ in Women : ScienceAlert
Not only can the drug metformin help to effectively manage type 2 diabetes, but it may also give…
Bacteria Frozen For 5,000 Years Could Fight Superbugs, But There’s a Catch : ScienceAlert
Bacteria extracted from 5,000-year-old ice in the Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania could help us fight superbugs, new…
Sea Levels Are Rising Globally. Around Greenland, They’re Projected to Fall. : ScienceAlert
Around the world, sea levels are rising. But, strangely, in Greenland, they’re actually forecast to fall in the…
‘Dream Engineering’ Can Boost Your Puzzle-Solving, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
We’ve seen dream engineering in blockbuster movies like Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and a new study shows that the…