Scientists Found a 'Yellow Brick Road' at The Bottom of The Pacific Ocean : ScienceAlert An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise discovery back in 2022: an ancient dried-out lake bed paved […]

We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury : ScienceAlert The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a […]

How Viruses Are Teeming on Your Toothbrush And Showerhead : ScienceAlert You aren’t the only one using your toothbrush… Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have found an “absolutely wild” number of viruses l […]

Researchers Shocked at Daily Level of Plasticizers in California's Air We live in a world where it is virtually impossible to escape plastics and their associated chemicals. New evidence suggests that in southern […]

Deadly Fungal Infections Causing a 'Silent Pandemic', Scientists Warn The world is in the midst of an antibiotic resistance crisis that contributes to the death of nearly 5 million people a year. But bacteria aren’t the […]

Some Coffee And Tea Drinkers Could Be Lowering Their Risk Of Dementia : ScienceAlert A new study has investigated whether drinking coffee or tea can reduce the risk of developing dementia, and the findings help explain some murky past […]

Dogs' Brains Sync With Ours When We Gaze Into Their Eyes, Study Finds : ScienceAlert If you’ve ever gazed into the big, watery eyes of a dog and suddenly felt connected, you might have been experiencing a moment of brain […]

Common Weight-Loss Diet May Come With a Serious Downside, Long-Term Study Finds : ScienceAlert Popular ‘weight-loss’ diets that are hyper-focused on carbohydrates, like the keto diet, may be doing more harm than good in the long run. Sticking […]

Human Defenses Against Viruses First Evolved Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert Microbes that emerged billions of years ago may have made our immune systems what they are today. New research from the University of Texas (UT) […]

Diet And Exercise Could Outsmart Your Genes in Risk For Type 2 Diabetes : ScienceAlert Genetics play a very strong role in the development of type 2 diabetes, but genes don’t determine everything in life. A new study suggests for the […]

Your Constipation Could Be Having a Serious Impact on Your Heart : ScienceAlert What happens in your gut often has a surprising impact on the rest of your body. A new study has found that constipation is a common yet overlooked […]

Archaeologists Reveal Ominous Warning in Ancient Babylonian Tablet : ScienceAlert When the Moon fully slips into Earth’s shadow, a king shall die. So warns an ominous prediction from Old Babylonia, inscribed across several ancient […]

Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapses Into Pile of Rubble Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm’s way. A precious stone pyramid in Mexico is the […]

Fungal Outbreak at California Festival Sparks Fears of Disease Risk : ScienceAlert In the midst of their revelry, festival-goers in California unwittingly kicked up the invisible spores of a dangerous fungus while dancing in the […]

Protecting Just 1.2% of Earth's Land Could Stave Off Mass Extinction : ScienceAlert Humans are ‘mutilating’ the tree of life, lopping off whole branches, one by one, at a rapid pace of pruning Earth has never experienced before. But […]

New Bird Flu Discovery Suggests Cows Are a Threat For Future Pandemics The potential of the avian flu to jump from birds to cows to humans has some scientists greatly concerned. That very scenario has already occurred […]

Surprise Discovery Reveals Ozempic Lowers Risk Of Diabetic Kidney Disease Scientists are learning about the pros and cons of Ozempic in real-time, as prescriptions of the appetite-suppressing drug explode into the […]

Something Really Awesome Happens When You Use Banana Peel As An Ingredient Every time you peel a banana and dispose of the skin, you’re throwing away a tasty, nutritious snack. A recent study has shown if banana peels […]

Elite Runners Live Years Longer Than The Average Person, Scientists Find Running 10 hours a week for more than 120 km (75 miles) is extreme exercise, to be sure. Yet far from pushing the body beyond its limits, a new […]

Experimental Treatment For Spinal Cord Injury Shows Improvement in 7 of 10 Patients : ScienceAlert An experimental and controversial stem cell transplant, which aims to treat traumatic spinal cord injury, has shown promising new results in a […]