It May Be Safe to Nuke an Earthbound Asteroid After All, Simulation Suggests : ScienceAlert
Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new…
Poop From Young Donors Reverses Age-Related Decline in The Guts of Older Mice : ScienceAlert
Supplementing the guts of older mice with poop from younger ones has revealed the key role microbes play…
Sun Fires Off 4 Powerful Flares as More ‘Exciting Activity’ Is Forecast : ScienceAlert
The Sun has unleashed a quartet of strong solar flares, which could herald a wild week of space…
Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery : ScienceAlert
Around 10 percent of people who take statins to lower cholesterol experience mysterious muscle pains, causing many to…
250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing : ScienceAlert
Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear…
Missing Link Between Parkinson’s Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered : ScienceAlert
An investigation by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the US has filled in…
Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Preserved a Huge Surprise : ScienceAlert
Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past…
Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life’s Origins : ScienceAlert
Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of…
Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet : ScienceAlert
The high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet has been growing in popularity in recent years, following claims of rapid weight…
A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought : ScienceAlert
A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists…
Strange Bright Lines on Mercury Suggest It’s Not ‘Dead’ After All : ScienceAlert
The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury‘s…
AI Detected a Mysterious Detail Hidden in a Famous Raphael Masterpiece : ScienceAlert
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to see details in images that escape the human eye. In 2023,…