sciencealert.comadded August 2026
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan2d ago
You probably remember learning about Earth's internal layers when you were a kid in Earth Sciences class: a superhot, solid inner core, surrounded by a molten metal outer core (how metal!), and a...
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz2d ago
Your birthday tells you how many years you have been alive. But it cannot tell you whether your heart, brain, or kidneys have weathered those years equally well.
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill2d ago
As the recent global pandemic waned – and the urgent need for widespread remote work began to fade into history – a new view started to emerge.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas2d ago
It's well known that where there's smoke there's fire, but did you know that where there's rain there's ice?
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr2d ago
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.
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan3d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill3d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving3d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz3d ago
Schizophrenia can affect how a person perceives reality, thinks, and communicates, sometimes causing hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, reduced motivation, and cognitive...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr3d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr3d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr3d ago
Sometime in Earth's distant past, nearly 4 billion years ago, our planet's earliest lifeforms somehow coalesced from primordial chemistry.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill3d ago
Scientists have found that a little-known bacterial antibiotic is capable of disarming fungi responsible for life-threatening infections.
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving4d ago
Gastrointestinal cancers are among the most common cancers worldwide, and a leading cause of death.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas4d ago
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...
ScienceAlertby Fiona MacDonald4d ago
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.
ScienceAlertby David Nield4d ago
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.
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