Giant Loops of DNA Discovered in Our Mouths Could Shield Us From Cancer : ScienceAlert
Giant loops of DNA carried by bacteria in our mouth may have a beneficial impact on our oral…
Sound of a Black Hole ‘Kicked’ Through Space Heard in a Stunning First : ScienceAlert
The recoil imparted as two black holes collide has now been measured using gravitational waves. It’s the first-ever…
Protein That Pokes Holes in Cells Could Explain Parkinson’s Decline : ScienceAlert
Parkinson’s disease is associated with toxic clumps of the alpha-synuclein protein in the brain, which disrupt healthy cell…
The Time of Day You Eat in Later Life Could Foreshadow an Early Death : ScienceAlert
A new longitudinal study by an international team of researchers has found a link between eating breakfast later…
Parkinson’s Disease Could Be Ignited by Burned-Out Brain Cells : ScienceAlert
Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in a part of the brain responsible for…
Particles Shot Out of The Sun Reveal Distinct Patterns, Scientists Find : ScienceAlert
Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only because we have the luxury of living 150…
Spaceflight Accelerates Aging of Human Stem Cells, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to…
Elusive Baby Planet Caught Carving Out Cosmic Rings : ScienceAlert
We’ve never seen anything quite like this. For the first time, astronomers have actually found a baby planet…
Octopuses Use Their Arms in Surprisingly Similar Ways to Us : ScienceAlert
Octopuses are mostly made up of sucker-studded arms, each one packed with muscles and nerves that enable them…
Astronomers Just Saw a Gamma-Ray Explosion Defy All Known Space Logic : ScienceAlert
A giant explosion that lit up the sky didn’t just rock the cosmos – it absolutely rattled our…
Oddball Creature Has 229 Chromosome Pairs, a Record in The Animal Kingdom : ScienceAlert
An unassuming butterfly called the Atlas blue has been confirmed to have the greatest known number of chromosome…
Most Earth-Like Planet Yet May Have Been Found Just 40 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in…