There Are Colors Missing From The Sun – And We Still Can’t Fully Explain Why : ScienceAlert
One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some…
‘Little Foot’ May Be a Whole New Member of Our Family Tree After All : ScienceAlert
One of the most famous hominin fossils may not be as familiar as we thought. The specimen, affectionately…
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…
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…
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…
Living at High Altitudes Induces Remarkable Changes in How Genes Behave : ScienceAlert
High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very…
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…
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…