This Week in Science: Highest Radiation Occupation, a Shooting Star, And More!
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving·10h 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...
Brain Scans Reveal a Striking Similarity Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz·12h ago
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 Starr·19h 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...
Large Hadron Collider Reveals an Atomic Nucleus Shaped Like a Bowling Pin
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr·21h 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...
Scientists Directly Date 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Evidence of Life For The First Time
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr·1d ago
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 Cockerill·1d ago
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 Irving·1d ago
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 Farkas·1d 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...
Common Vitamin Has a Complicated Link to Cancer, Experts Reveal
ScienceAlertby Fiona MacDonald·1d 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.
We're Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn
ScienceAlertby David Nield·1d 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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