We’ve Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For Nearly 300 Years : ScienceAlert
When Isaac Newton wrote down his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we’d…
Videos Show Chimpanzees Using The Forest as Their Drumkit : ScienceAlert
Chimpanzees are a musical lot, and percussion is an important part of their repertoire. But one particular behavior…
The Genetic Mystery of Why Cats Purr May Finally Be Solved : ScienceAlert
A study from Japan has identified potential genes behind cat purrs, and the discovery could help us understand…
Breakfast Cereals Are Getting Sweeter And Less Nutritious : ScienceAlert
Millions of us dig into them every morning, but breakfast cereals are getting progressively worse for our health,…
Astronomers Just Discovered The Biggest Explosions Since The Big Bang : ScienceAlert
A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been…
Titan’s Atmosphere ‘Wobbles Like a Gyroscope’ – And No One Knows Why : ScienceAlert
There’s something very peculiar about the atmosphere surrounding Titan, Saturn‘s largest moon: rather than staying constantly fixed in…
A Super-Tiny Star Gave Birth to a Giant Planet And We Don’t Know How : ScienceAlert
A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the…
Cannabis Compound Could Protect Us From Deadly Fungal Disease : ScienceAlert
A dangerous fungal pathogen has proven no match for what may be one of the most useful plants…
Astronauts Reveal The Shocking Beauty of Lightning From Space : ScienceAlert
If you live on this planet Earth, odds are good that you’ve experienced a lightning storm in your…
Water Discovered Around a Young, Sun-Like Star For First Time : ScienceAlert
For decades it was thought that water was prevalent in the outer reaches of the Solar System early…