Earth’s Core Seems to Be Wrapped in Layers Like an Onion, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Seismic waves passing through Earth’s inner core have revealed much about our planet’s iron center: how it’s changing…
Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Crucial Differences : ScienceAlert
The blood of ‘superagers‘ is a potential fountain of youth that scientists are keen to tap into. Emerging…
This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Contained a Sparkling Crystal Surprise : ScienceAlert
A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China gave paleontologists a huge surprise. Rather than a…
There’s a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water : ScienceAlert
Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our…
World’s Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland : ScienceAlert
A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the…
Garlic Mouthwash, a Storm Slows Time, And More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: How a storm slowed down time in the US; why you might soon be…
This Bizarre Parasitic ‘Mushroom’ Plant Quit Photosynthesis – And It’s Thriving : ScienceAlert
A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
Ancient Caribbean Cave Reveals Bees That Lived Inside Bones : ScienceAlert
Generations of ancient, solitary bees made a home within the tooth holes of a fossilized jawbone, which was…
Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen : ScienceAlert
A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we’ve ever spotted out there…
This Common Blood Pressure Drug Boosts Lifespan And Slows Aging in Animals : ScienceAlert
The hypertension drug rilmenidine has been found to slow aging in worms – an effect that, if it…
Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth’s Core : ScienceAlert
By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird…