A Spider Was Caught Eating a Shrew, And You Can’t Unsee This : ScienceAlert
Most spiders pose very little danger to humans, including the notorious noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis). But the…
JWST May Have The Best Evidence Yet of a Bizarre ‘Dark Star’ : ScienceAlert
JWST might have spotted the ‘smoking gun’ of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant…
Two Black Holes Locked in a Death Spiral Imaged in Stunning First : ScienceAlert
The complex dance of two black holes locked in a doomed orbit has been revealed in a first-of-its-kind…
After 40,000 Years, Microbes Are Awakening From Thawing Permafrost : ScienceAlert
Ancient life has been resurrected from the bowels of a military tunnel that penetrates the Alaskan permafrost. Some…
A Bizarre Bird, The End of The Universe, And More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: A strange hybrid bird; the cancer clues hidden in your toenails; a reverse Big…
Strange State of Water Seems to Be Both Solid And Liquid at The Same Time : ScienceAlert
Water may seem boring, but it’s way weirder than it looks. Scientists in Japan have now shown that…
Physicists Predict When The Universe Will End in a Reverse Big Bang : ScienceAlert
If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own…
Ancient Signal Confirms What The Very First Animals Truly Looked Like : ScienceAlert
Ever since scientists began to understand evolution, they’ve been arguing over the contentious question of what, exactly, the…
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Shows : ScienceAlert
Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published this year…
An Ancient Infection May Play a Critical Role in Our First Moments of Life : ScienceAlert
Fragments of DNA left by viruses that infected our distant ancestors may be ‘firestarters’ for new human life,…