Study Finds Potential Downside to Vigorous Exercise That We Didn't Know About : ScienceAlert Bad news for any extreme exercise junkies out there: excessive vigorous exercise could muffle your immune system. At least, that’s what a 2023 study […]

Just 3 Neurons Could Be Driving You to Eat, Study in Mice Suggests : ScienceAlert US researchers have found an astonishingly simple brain circuit of just three types of neurons controls chewing motions in mice, and has a surprising […]

Your Eyesight Could Be Putting You at Risk of Developing Alzheimer's : ScienceAlert A new study suggests staying on top of your eye health could offer a simple avenue for reducing your risks of future brain problems. A team of […]

Amazing New Blood Cell 'Coats' Could Allow Cross-Species Transfusions : ScienceAlert Chronic blood shortages are driving a search for a universal blood system that would allow doctors to save more lives. Researchers may have just […]

Newly Identified Proteins May Explain Devastating Effects of Alzheimer's : ScienceAlert Despite decades of research, the direct cause of brain damage in Alzheimer’s disease has remained stubbornly elusive. A team led by Emory University in […]

This New Map Reveals The Predicted Future Climate Where You Live As extreme storms, floods, fires, droughts, cold snaps, and heat waves hit us harder and more often than ever, more than half of our planet is […]

These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to Humans Last year an ant species was caught using antibiotics – now, another has been observed performing amputations. Researchers have just c […]

Ancient Humans Crafted Deadly Wooden Weapons 300,000 Years Ago, Study Finds Powerful new imaging techniques reveal humans were already crafting complex hunting weapons from wood 300,000 years ago, upending the stereotype […]

Sperm Whale Clicks Could Hide a Surprisingly Complex 'Alphabet' : ScienceAlert A recent analysis of a sperm whale’s vocalizations suggests variations in ‘clicks’ represent a kind of alphabet that forms the basis of a complex […]

We've Probably Been Wrong About T.Rex Again, New Study Says Dim-witted dope or brainy brawn? The debate over T. Rex’s smarts continues, with a new paper leaning toward the original theory that these […]

Evolutionary Origins of Hair Identified in The Most Unlikely of Animals Strange as it might seem for a hairless creature, frogs have provided us with some critical clues on the origins of our luscious locks – a d […]

Worm-Like Amphibians Leak Milk For Their Hatchlings And It's Kind of Cute : ScienceAlert Squirming, pink, and worm-like, hatchling caecilians mewl in high-pitched clicks as they wriggle towards their mother’s behind. There, they […]