‘Little Foot’ May Be a Whole New Member of Our Family Tree After All : ScienceAlert
One of the most famous hominin fossils may not be as familiar as we thought. The specimen, affectionately…
Alien Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Just About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth : ScienceAlert
On 19 December 2025, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will at long last make its closest approach to Earth. This…
Nearly Half of All Heart Attacks May Be Missed by Current Screening Tools : ScienceAlert
Current medical screening techniques could be failing to catch nearly half of those who experience a heart attack,…
Psilocybin Breaks Depressive Cycles by Rewiring The Brain, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice,…
Want to Know if Somebody Is Truly Listening? Count Their Blinks. : ScienceAlert
Blinking handles essential eye maintenance, and we usually blink multiple times a minute without thinking much about it,…
DNA Study Reveals Carrier of World’s Earliest-Known Plague : ScienceAlert
A plague that swept through Eurasia for 2,000 years – millennia before the Black Death of the Middle…
JWST Catches Record-Breaking Planet Sprouting Two Enormous Tails : ScienceAlert
About 880 light-years from Earth, a hot mess of an exoplanet is slowly spilling its atmosphere into space,…
Our Brains Can Still Outsmart AI Using One Clever Trick : ScienceAlert
Despite the rapid advances in artificial intelligence in recent years, the humble human brain still has the edge…
Meat-Eating ‘Death-Ball’ Sponges : ScienceAlert
Sponges are some of the simplest and least dangerous animals on Earth, but a new species seems to…
This Insanely Long Ribbon Worm Turns Out to Be The Oldest on Record : ScienceAlert
Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world’s oldest ribbon worm on record. The adopted invertebrate…
The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Find : ScienceAlert
Dementia is often associated with older people, but it doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Some risk factors…
A Daily Habit of 8 Energy Drinks May Have Triggered a UK Man’s Stroke : ScienceAlert
The regular consumption of eight energy drinks a day may have contributed to a mild stroke in a…