sciencealert.comadded August 2026
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr7d ago
When the tokamak powers on, something magical happens in the confines of its reinforced belly. Plasma born of heavy hydrogen blooms into brilliant pink, roiling and writhing around the...
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella7d ago
Dinner by yourself can be a lonely affair. The lack of social connection could change the way that your body processes your meal.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz7d ago
Imagine ordering a drink you would normally enjoy, then finding you barely want to touch it. Some people taking Ozempic-like medications have described just such a change.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr8d ago
The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr8d ago
Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended.
ScienceAlertby David Nield8d ago
Fish oil supplements have long been linked to a variety of brain benefits, but 2026 research suggests that one of the omega-3 fatty acids these supplements contain could interfere with the brain's...
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas8d ago
Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella8d ago
You've probably heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but did you know there's possibly a third option as well?
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill8d ago
Over the past decade, a network of usually pristine blue rivers and lakes that winds through Alaska's breathtaking Brooks Range mountains has been starting to look a little… rusty.
ScienceAlertby David Nield8d ago
In the US, the official health recommendations for fruit are two cups per day for a diet based on 2,000 daily calories – but it's estimated that 8 in 10 people aren't reaching that level, and...
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill8d ago
Human languages are complex and versatile. They reflect our intelligence, our cultures, our need to understand and be understood. Our languages tend to follow specific patterns.
ScienceAlertby David Nield9d ago
Catching signs of dementia early – before the main symptoms have started to show – means a bigger window of opportunity to study the progression of the condition, and to put support in place for...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr9d ago
If anything is forever in this Universe, it's black holes – or so their physics suggests. These ultra-dense objects are possessed of inexorable gravitational fields. Matter goes in.
ScienceAlertby David Nield9d ago
The textbooks and history lessons tend to treat the Black Death as one devastating wave of pestilence that hit Europe between 1347 and 1353.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz9d ago
Can monkeys get Alzheimer's, or is the disease unique to humans? As African green monkeys age, their brains can develop some changes that resemble those seen in Alzheimer's.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella9d ago
Over the past two decades, the sale of dietary supplements has taken off. Today, it seems as though there's a pill for practically any ailment you can think of.
ScienceAlertby David Nield9d ago
You might not notice it gazing out from the shore, but water ages. As it gets older, it loses the oxygen dissolved in it, used up by marine life, bacteria, and chemical reactions – and without a...
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill9d ago
Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk.
ScienceAlertby Russell McLendon9d ago
Venting when angry seems a sensible option. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker.
ScienceAlertby David Nield10d ago
Going through menopause brings with it major shifts in biology for women, and experts have long wondered whether this could be part of the reason that Alzheimer's disease is notably more common in...
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