An Asteroid Scientists Have Tracked For 27 Years Just Turned Out to Be a Comet in Disguise : ScienceAlert
The Solar System is full of the ghostly remnants of its violent birth. This ancient debris includes sad…
Physicists Built a Spacetime Crystal – And Then Watched It Melt : ScienceAlert
We tend to think of melting as a relatively straightforward process – a solid material’s gradual slide towards…
A Spacecraft Skimmed 2,800 Miles From Mars, And Captured This Breathtaking, Trippy Timelapse : ScienceAlert
The Universe is so unimaginably immense, we’ll never be able to see all of it – yet some…
Physicists Created an ‘Electron Lighthouse’ That Steers Current With Light : ScienceAlert
The flow of electrons powers our modern lives. From household conveniences like the indispensable air fryer to the…
Bad News For Bingers: Watching Too Much TV Linked to Smaller Brain Volume : ScienceAlert
If you click on the TV and hear a voice from your childhood saying, “That idiot box is…
Medications Already in Pharmacies May Slow Aging, And Scientists Are Narrowing Them Down : ScienceAlert
In the quest to find ways to help us live at a healthier level for a longer period…
Itching May Have Its Own Sensory Organ : ScienceAlert
If you’re feeling itchy, it’s probably a warning sign from your body that something alien is on your…
Can We Really Create Infinite Photons? Physicists Reveal What Might Happen if We Try to Cut Light in Half : ScienceAlert
Photons act in freaky ways that remind us that nothing is as it seems at the smallest scales…
A Common Gym Supplement May Give Cancer-Fighting Cells an Energy Boost : ScienceAlert
While it’s also produced naturally by the body, creatine is perhaps best known as a ‘muscle supplement’: It…
The Structure of The Milky Way May Have Shaped Earth’s Continents : ScienceAlert
In the beginning, there was moosh. At the dawn of the Solar System, young Earth was little more…
A Wild Parasite Makes Ants Live 10x Longer And Tricks Others Into Worshipping Them : ScienceAlert
Imagine a parasite that makes you live up to 10 times longer than you naturally would – while…
Humans Can Learn to Echolocate in Just 10 Weeks, And It Rewires The Brain : ScienceAlert
Echolocation is a fascinating way that animals like bats and whales find their way around the world. By…