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Stonehenge
Scientists Have Pinpointed The Mysterious Origins of Stonehenge's Epic Bluestones
ScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL
Almost a century ago, British geologist and archaeologist Herbert Henry Thomas provocatively claimed he knew where Stonehenge's famous rocks came …
Space
Astronomers Just Found 300,000 Hidden Galaxies in Just a Tiny Patch of Sky
ScienceAlert - MIKE MCRAE
The Universe just got a little more crowded with the discovery of more than 300,000 potential galaxies in a tiny corner of the northern sky. A release …
Health
The FDA Is Actually Warning Against The Use of Young People's Blood to Prevent Aging
ScienceAlert - LAURIE MCGINLEY, THE WASHINGTON POST
Federal health regulators on Tuesday warned consumers against controversial "young blood" treatments - plasma infusions from young donors marketed …
Space
Here's Why You Don't Want to Miss Tonight's 'Super Snow Moon'
ScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER, BUSINESS INSIDER
You're not hallucinating: Yes, the Moon looks brighter than normal, and yes, it looks bigger too. But Tuesday evening will bring the real show: what …
Protected Areas
Wolves in Germany Are Making a Comeback, And The Military Is Weirdly Helping
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
Humanity has always had an uneasy relationship with wolves. They loom large in our ancient mythologies as fearsome beasts; over the millennia, that …
Tech Trends
Scientists Developed an AI So Advanced They Say It's Too Dangerous to Release
ScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL
A group of computer scientists once backed by Elon Musk has caused some alarm by developing an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) they say is too …
Health
There's a Dangerous, Common Form of Depression People Don't Talk About Enough
ScienceAlert - OLIVIA REMES, THE CONVERSATION
The term "smiling depression" – appearing happy to others while internally suffering depressive symptoms – has become increasingly popular. Articles …
Environment
Disturbingly Black Snow Has Blanketed Several Towns in Siberia
ScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL
It's been snowing in Siberia. But instead of waking to a white winter wonderland, residents in Russia's coal basin are living through a dark, …
Space
Astronomers Have Detected a Previously Unnoticed 'River of Stars' Flowing Past Earth
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, next time you get the opportunity, go outside and look at the night sky. Most of that celestial plain is …
Grapes
We May Have Been Wrong About Why Grapes Make Plasma in The Microwave
ScienceAlert - CARLY CASSELLA
For years, the internet has hemmed and hawed over a mysterious yet universal truth: a grape, sliced nearly in half and placed in the microwave, will …
Health
The Latest Reported Measles Outbreak Could Basically Be Blamed on Andrew Wakefield
ScienceAlert - JACINTA BOWLER
As of Friday, seven cases of measles have been reported to the British Columbia (BC) Centre for Disease Control, in Canada in the latest outbreak of …
Tech Trends
New AI Generates Freakishly Realistic People Who Don't Actually Exist
ScienceAlert - DAVID NIELD
At first glance, the two rows of portraits at the top of this article just look like a bunch of average-looking people. The catch is, none of them …
Health
Will Eating Nuts Make You Gain Weight?
ScienceAlert - ELIZABETH NEALE, SZE-YEN TAN & YASMINE PROBST, THE CONVERSATION
The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend we eat 30 grams (1 ounce) of nuts – a small handful – each day. But many of us know nuts are high in …
Humanity
This Simple Optical Illusion Could Actually Cause a Delay in Your Brain
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
The Pinna-Brelstaff illusion is tremendous fun: concentric rings of shapes, with inverse shading. When you move your head closer to or farther from …
Technology
Neuroscientists Say They've Found an Entirely New Form of Neural Communication
ScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL
Scientists think they've identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap …
Humanity
We Finally Have Evidence on Whether Microdosing LSD Can Help With Your Work
ScienceAlert - DAN ROBITZSKI, FUTURISM
We finally have real evidence about what microdosing psychedelic drugs does to your brain. Long advocated by people who claim that a teensy daily dose …
Environment
This Spider Has Been Dead For 110 Million Years, But Its Eyes Still Shine in The Dark
ScienceAlert - JACINTA BOWLER
Soft, squishy, ancient spiders are hard to investigate - they don't fossilise as easily as bones or exoskeletons. So you can imagine how excited …
Humanity
This Trail Runner Fought an Attacking Mountain Lion With His Bare Hands. He Survived
ScienceAlert - LINDSEY BEVER, THE WASHINGTON POST
It was a cold and hazy afternoon when Travis Kauffman set out on a scenic run through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern Colorado. The …
Humanity
This Footprint on Gibraltar Could Have Been Made by One of The Last Neanderthals
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
Thousands of years ago, an ancient hominin strode through a sand dune, leaving footprints behind. Most of these marks were lost to the ravages of the …
Health
How Many Push-Ups You Can Do Could Predict Your Risk of Heart Disease
ScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL
Scientists have identified what they think could be a simple, practical test to predict people's heart health, and it's about as quick as saying, …
Duke University
Don't Be Fooled - Your Voice Assistant Isn't Really Working For You
ScienceAlert - NATHALIE COLLINS & JEFF VOLKHEIMER, THE CONVERSATION
Of all the fictional virtual assistants we know from pop culture, few stand up to the original and perhaps most famous: the HAL 9000 from the 1968 …
Environment
Here's a Simple Thing We Can Do to Cancel Out Years of CO2 Emissions
ScienceAlert - JON CHRISTIAN, FUTURISM
An ambitious new analysis of the world's forests found that there's space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees - a number that would absorb more carbon …
Health
Experimental Anti-Aging Treatment That Kills Old Cells Has Passed First Human Trial
ScienceAlert - KRISTIN HOUSER, FUTURISM
Not all damaged cells die. Some stick around as senescent cells, unable to divide but still able to produce chemical signals — and they could play a …
Health
Hidden Passengers on Insects Could Give Us The New Antibiotics We Desperately Need
ScienceAlert - DAVID NIELD
The growing problem of antibiotic resistance – superbugs hardened against our best drugs – already claims tens of thousands of deaths a year, but new …
Health
Teenage Marijuana Use Has Been Linked to Adult Depression in a Major New Review
ScienceAlert - CARLY CASSELLA
The developing brain is a fragile thing, and that's just one of the reasons why public health experts get so nervous about teenage drug use. Around …
Breast Cancer
This Simple Advance in Medicine Has Already Saved a Million Lives
ScienceAlert - CARLY CASSELLA
In this day and age, breast cancer is no longer the death sentence it used to be. The latest estimates show that modern medicine has saved hundreds …
Space
An Asteroid Will Block Our Brightest Star on Monday, And Astronomers Need Your Help
ScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER, BUSINESS INSIDER
Sirius, a double-star system and the brightest object in the night sky, will briefly blink out of existence for parts of Earth on Monday evening. In …
Humanity
The Real Reason Anti-Vax Beliefs Spread So Fast Online Isn't About Facts
ScienceAlert - MARINA JOUBERT & FRANCOIS VAN SCHALKWYK, THE CONVERSATION
There's been a recent increase globally in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. This can be seen in recent measles outbreaks in parts of the …
Space
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Developing a Complex 'Bleeding' Heavy-Metal Rocket Ship
ScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER, BUSINESS INSIDER
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, is working diligently on a wildly ambitious project: to permanently settle people on Mars. To help …
Health
2-Year Universal Basic Income Trial Shows One of The Most Common Worries Is Unfounded
ScienceAlert - VICTOR TANGERMANN, FUTURISM
Basic income would give everyone a base amount of money every month, regardless of employment status. A common criticism: without an incentive, …

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Scientists Have Pinpointed The Mysterious Origins of Stonehenge's Epic Bluestones

Astronomers Just Found 300,000 Hidden Galaxies in Just a Tiny Patch of Sky

The FDA Is Actually Warning Against The Use of Young People's Blood to Prevent Aging

Here's Why You Don't Want to Miss Tonight's 'Super Snow Moon'

Wolves in Germany Are Making a Comeback, And The Military Is Weirdly Helping

Scientists Developed an AI So Advanced They Say It's Too Dangerous to Release

There's a Dangerous, Common Form of Depression People Don't Talk About Enough

Disturbingly Black Snow Has Blanketed Several Towns in Siberia

Astronomers Have Detected a Previously Unnoticed 'River of Stars' Flowing Past Earth

We May Have Been Wrong About Why Grapes Make Plasma in The Microwave

The Latest Reported Measles Outbreak Could Basically Be Blamed on Andrew Wakefield

New AI Generates Freakishly Realistic People Who Don't Actually Exist

Will Eating Nuts Make You Gain Weight?

This Simple Optical Illusion Could Actually Cause a Delay in Your Brain

Neuroscientists Say They've Found an Entirely New Form of Neural Communication

We Finally Have Evidence on Whether Microdosing LSD Can Help With Your Work

This Spider Has Been Dead For 110 Million Years, But Its Eyes Still Shine in The Dark

This Trail Runner Fought an Attacking Mountain Lion With His Bare Hands. He Survived

This Footprint on Gibraltar Could Have Been Made by One of The Last Neanderthals

How Many Push-Ups You Can Do Could Predict Your Risk of Heart Disease

Don't Be Fooled - Your Voice Assistant Isn't Really Working For You

Here's a Simple Thing We Can Do to Cancel Out Years of CO2 Emissions

Experimental Anti-Aging Treatment That Kills Old Cells Has Passed First Human Trial

Hidden Passengers on Insects Could Give Us The New Antibiotics We Desperately Need

Teenage Marijuana Use Has Been Linked to Adult Depression in a Major New Review

This Simple Advance in Medicine Has Already Saved a Million Lives

An Asteroid Will Block Our Brightest Star on Monday, And Astronomers Need Your Help

The Real Reason Anti-Vax Beliefs Spread So Fast Online Isn't About Facts

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Developing a Complex 'Bleeding' Heavy-Metal Rocket Ship

2-Year Universal Basic Income Trial Shows One of The Most Common Worries Is Unfounded