Scientists Find a Razor-Sharp Line of Earthquakes Hidden Beneath Alaska : ScienceAlert
Back in 2002, a massive earthquake in central Alaska was felt as far away as Seattle. This giant…
Ovaries Appear to Develop an Incredible Second Role After Menopause : ScienceAlert
We’ve all heard of menopause: a supposedly terminal moment for the female reproductive system, in which the ovaries…
Fossil Kept in a Drawer For 40 Years Turns Out to Be Antarctica’s First Evidence of Dinosaurs : ScienceAlert
A fossil that has been sitting in a drawer for 40 years has turned out to be the…
This Is Awkward: Mushrooms That Cause ‘Tiny Human’ Hallucinations Don’t Contain Psychedelics : ScienceAlert
If you consumed a wild mushroom and suddenly started seeing tiny people around you, you might reasonably assume…
Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation : ScienceAlert
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but that doesn’t mean every form of life finds…
Peculiar Bat Behavior Revealed in a 400-Year-Old Painting : ScienceAlert
For more than 400 years, an oil painting titled Air by Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder has…
Heads Up: NASA to Launch ‘Daring’ Telescope Rescue Mission This Week : ScienceAlert
NASA will soon attempt something it’s never done before: Save a space telescope from falling back to Earth…
Mammoth Structure Found in Deep Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe : ScienceAlert
A massive structure detected in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. In…
World’s Only Known Homo Naledi Burial Site May Be Entirely Female : ScienceAlert
An entire ancient human species, Homo naledi, is known from specimens found at just one site in South…
Rabies Death: Ontario Child Dies in First Locally Acquired Case Since 1967 : ScienceAlert
After the death of a child in Ontario, Canada, doctors are urging people to seek medical attention after…
This Famously Weird ‘Pink Planet’ May Have Salty Clouds, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Outlandishly alien worlds spark our collective cosmic imagination like nothing else. This never-ending variety includes super-Earths smack dab…
The Cells In Your Body Fade With Age, But There May Be a Way to Reverse It : ScienceAlert
To properly understand aging, we have to understand what is slowly unravelling in individual cells. What is it…