sciencealert.comadded August 2026
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr5d ago
The heart is, inarguably, one of the most important organs in the body. It sits in your chest, carefully armored by sternum and ribs, constantly pulsing to maintain the flow of blood, transporting...
ScienceAlertby David Nield5d ago
As we get older, our episodic memory – managed by the hippocampus region – gradually gets worse. That's the memory related to specific details, like where the car's parked or what time an...
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr5d ago
Somewhere in the world, surely, a Monkey's Paw is cackling maniacally to itself. Scattered across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, a humble sea cucumber named Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei makes...
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz5d ago
The pain returns each month, sometimes lingering after a period ends. Even when treatment brings relief, it may not stay away.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz5d ago
Recognizing a familiar face across the street. Reading a distant sign without squinting. For people with myopia, a clear view often depends on glasses, contact lenses, or laser surgery.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz5d ago
A flight of stairs can become a challenge for aching knees. Sleep can be broken by repeated breathing problems.
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan5d ago
We all love a win-win. Well here's one better–a potential win-win-win. By using what would otherwise be an industrial waste in new road pavements, the future of highways and byways could reduce...
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill6d ago
Deep in the abyss of the Pacific Ocean, the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is home to the world's largest accumulation of polymetallic nodules.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill6d ago
Plants are the original solar panels, and they're very good at converting light into energy – red and blue light, that is.
ScienceAlertby David Nield6d ago
We all know exercise is good for us – but we don't all have the time, motivation, or mobility to put in regular workout sessions.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas6d ago
Unlike what a certain donut company suggests, the world actually runs on magnetism. It's essential for generating power, building (electric) vehicles, and powering life-saving medical technologies...
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill6d ago
Few of us would turn down a nice cuppa. But over the years, daily decisions between tea or coffee could make a big difference to women's bone health, a recent study suggests.
ScienceAlertby David Nield6d ago
Some of the healthiest plant-based foods on the menu – including spinach, beetroot, rhubarb, almonds, and sweet potatoes – could be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a new study.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas6d ago
Under certain conditions – such as bone-brittling temperatures lower than that of deep space – superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance and resultant energy loss.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill6d ago
An exquisitely preserved feathered raptor just discovered in north-eastern China could probably fly. It's also somewhat disrupted the evolutionary path we thought birds took to get into the air.
ScienceAlertby David Nield7d ago
Osteoarthritis, where the cartilage in a joint gradually erodes away and leads to the painful friction of bone-on-bone, is the leading cause of disability for older adults worldwide.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr7d ago
A new window into the quantum realm has just been opened by a single microscopic grain of glass levitating in a beam of light.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill7d ago
Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely covered in a frozen crust from July through August.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz7d ago
How do you teach the immune system to recognize a cancer cell? Researchers are taking clues from the tumor itself, selecting unusual protein fragments and putting them into a vaccine.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella7d ago
One of the most widely used drugs in the world could help reduce dementia risk when taken daily – but only for some.
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