Hidden Structures in Clouds May Solve a Longstanding Mystery About Rainfall
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas21 Aug 2026
It's well known that where there's smoke there's fire, but did you know that where there's rain there's ice?
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top 5%The Biggest Known Galaxy Is 1.7 Million Light-Years, And We Can't Comprehend The Scale
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr21 Aug 2026
The Universe can pull some wild monkeyshines, especially when it comes to scale. From giant black holes to massive sheet-like walls of galaxies, our reality is full of mind-boggling chonkers.
There's a Link Between Women's Reproductive Health And Heart Disease Doctors Say We're Missing
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan21 Aug 2026
For over a year, starting in late 2021, the Women's Heart Bus chugged around France, offering cardiac and gynecological screenings to thousands of patients living in precarious situations or unable...
Huge US Study Shows Living Near Dry Cleaners Is Linked to Major Disease Risk
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill21 Aug 2026
For decades we've known that the cleaning solvent chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) is associated with a higher risk of Parkinson's disease, but the scope of the danger may be greater than we...
This Week in Science: Highest Radiation Occupation, a Shooting Star, And More!
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving21 Aug 2026
This Week in Science: Jellyfish attack, lab-grown mini-brains sense time, and much more! First up: An analysis of 500 occupations revealed the job with the highest risk of radiation-related cancer...
Brain Scans Reveal a Striking Similarity Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz21 Aug 2026
Schizophrenia can affect how a person perceives reality, thinks, and communicates, sometimes causing hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, reduced motivation, and cognitive...
America's First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Here's What Happened.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr21 Aug 2026
For those living in the shadow of mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression, finding a way forward can sometimes feel impossible – especially when conventional treatments have...
Large Hadron Collider Reveals an Atomic Nucleus Shaped Like a Bowling Pin
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr21 Aug 2026
Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It's a tightly packed bundle of protons and neutrons that makes up the atomic core, defines its elemental identity, and contains most...
Scientists Directly Date 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Evidence of Life For The First Time
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr20 Aug 2026
Sometime in Earth's distant past, nearly 4 billion years ago, our planet's earliest lifeforms somehow coalesced from primordial chemistry.
Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections Are Spreading – Scientists Just Discovered a Potential Treatment
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill20 Aug 2026
Scientists have found that a little-known bacterial antibiotic is capable of disarming fungi responsible for life-threatening infections.
A Hidden Pattern in Your Saliva Can Predict Risk of Colorectal Cancer, Study Finds
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving20 Aug 2026
Gastrointestinal cancers are among the most common cancers worldwide, and a leading cause of death.
The World's Largest Psychedelic Brain Study of Its Kind Just Found 'Hidden Order' in The Chaos
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas20 Aug 2026
Psychedelics are becoming more clinically relevant, and a slew of recent research has explored the effects of psilocybin in ever-greater detail, revealing that it has the ability to imprint...
Common Vitamin Has a Complicated Link to Cancer, Experts Reveal
ScienceAlertby Fiona MacDonald20 Aug 2026
Vitamins are usually sold to us as a pretty straightforward, good thing to add to your diet. Get enough, and you'll look and feel great; get too little, and your body might notice.
We're Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn
ScienceAlertby David Nield20 Aug 2026
Cats are everywhere on the internet: You'll readily find these felines batting at objects, scampering over ground, interacting with their owners, or doing something else adorable.