Hurricane Sandy May Have Affected The Brains of Unborn Children : ScienceAlert
In October 2012, one of the largest and most destructive storms to emerge from the Atlantic devastated the…
‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Even More Likely to Hit The Moon in 2032 : ScienceAlert
An asteroid that burst onto the scene with an unusually high risk of striking Earth has just had…
Physicists Actually Made The ‘World’s Smallest Violin’ For a Serious Reason : ScienceAlert
You may hear references to playing the world’s smallest violin when someone is being overly whiny or wallowing…
Spiral Magnetism Seen in Synthetic Crystal For The First Time : ScienceAlert
Scientists have observed yet another type of magnetism for the first time within a lab-made crystal, promising to…
Stunning ‘Solar Curtains’ Phenomenon Revealed on The Sun in New Images : ScienceAlert
Upgrades to the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have delivered stunning new images of the…
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…