NASA Confirms It Has Lost Contact With Mars Orbiter MAVEN : ScienceAlert
NASA has officially lost contact with a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2014. The MAVEN spacecraft…
The Cause of Alzheimer’s May Be Coming From Within Your Mouth : ScienceAlert
In recent years, an increasing number of scientific investigations have backed an alarming hypothesis: Alzheimer’s disease may not…
Award-Winning Photo Reveals Secret of Strange Spider’s ‘Shrink-Wrap’ Web : ScienceAlert
An extreme close-up of the Australian rufous net-casting spider’s unique silk, captured by biologist Martín Ramírez and his…
Living at High Altitudes Induces Remarkable Changes in How Genes Behave : ScienceAlert
High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very…
Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk : ScienceAlert
There’s a lot of evidence that more exercise helps reduce cancer risk – but why are the two…
Massive Study Reveals Where Gout Comes From, And It’s Not What We Thought : ScienceAlert
Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much…
Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Revealed to Be Worth Over $1 Million : ScienceAlert
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but a chunk of ‘rock’ used to keep a door…
Black Hole ‘UFO’ Caught at Critical Moment in Scientific First : ScienceAlert
For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty…
‘Brainquake’ Discovery Could Change What We Know About Schizophrenia : ScienceAlert
When the brain’s typical wiring patterns shift from the norm, it leads to psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia…
US Man Dies From Rabies After Receiving Infected Kidney : ScienceAlert
A recipient of a kidney transplant presented a medical mystery when he died from rabies in January 2025…
Prion-Like Brain Damage Can Occur Without Infectious Prions, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called…
A Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to Human Brains : ScienceAlert
Scientists looking to tackle our ongoing obesity crisis have made an important discovery: Intermittent calorie restriction leads to…