sciencealert.comadded August 2026
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas28d ago
It covers about 70 percent of Earth's surface and comprises roughly 60 percent of our bodies by mass, yet water remains scientifically anomalous.
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill28d ago
A number of creatures on Earth possess a sting in their tails – but there's only one animal known to science with a spider for a tail.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz28d ago
No one expected her abdominal pain after childbirth to have such an extraordinary cause. An incredible new case study details a new mother who had two sections of her intestines form a real knot.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas28d ago
The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: Climate shifts and glaciation caused profound animal migrations and evolutionary adaptations – though it's uncertain if any of them resulted from an...
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan28d ago
Changing people's behavior can often feel nearly impossible. Especially when it comes to something with indirect benefits, like helping people far away or reducing environmental impacts.
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill28d ago
We usually think of Alzheimer's as a brain disease, but a growing body of evidence shows it's more complicated than that.
ScienceAlertby David Nield28d ago
We already have quantum computers, but they're highly specialized, not particularly practical, and only cover a fraction of the performance potential that scientists think this technology could...
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella29d ago
Aging may not impact your testosterone levels as much as you might think. From the age of about 35, studies suggest that circulating levels of this sex hormone in men usually begin to decline.
ScienceAlertby David Nield29d ago
There's now a substantial amount of evidence that eating more meat – particularly red and processed meat – increases the risk of cancer.
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill29d ago
Low-carbohydrate diets are one of the most popular options for losing weight, with data suggesting 7 percent of Americans followed a low-carb diet in 2024.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella29d ago
Medical experts in the US have expanded their recommendations for who should receive migraine treatment and what preventative drugs they should be prescribed.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz29d ago
Running a marathon is hard. Luckily, your body has its own chemical support system to help it cope. As the kilometers pass, the body produces more natural messengers called endocannabinoids.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr29d ago
Alone in a dried-up crater lake millions of miles from Earth, NASA's Curiosity rover has been tirelessly exploring for 14 years.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr29d ago
Water is one of the most commonplace, essential substances in the human world. We literally can't function without its properties as a near-universal solvent. It falls from the sky.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella29d ago
One of the world's most popular foods may be quietly changing how our brains function. Red tomatoes contain a bright pigment called lycopene, a potent antioxidant that can cross the blood-brain...
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella8 Sept 2026
Plastic is virtually unavoidable in 2026, but there may be ways to reduce your exposure to some of its associated chemicals.
ScienceAlertby David Nield8 Sept 2026
You may think you made a decision to read this article, but did you, really? What we consider to be making a decision might in fact be a different kind of brain interaction between what we...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr8 Sept 2026
Concrete is, quite literally, the foundation of the modern world. Almost every construction project in the world uses the material in some form.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz8 Sept 2026
A fatal asthma attack appears to be a disaster contained entirely within the chest. The airways tighten, their lining swells, and mucus crowds the little space that remains.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr8 Sept 2026
We don't yet fully understand how or why dementia begins. The term covers a range of degenerative conditions that typically occur in later life and are usually characterized by a decline in...
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