Parkinson’s Disease Could Be Ignited by Burned-Out Brain Cells : ScienceAlert
Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in a part of the brain responsible for…
Massive Study Shows Where Gout Comes From, And It’s Not What We Thought : ScienceAlert
Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much…
Spaceflight Accelerates Aging of Human Stem Cells, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to…
Particles Shot Out of The Sun Reveal Distinct Patterns, Scientists Find : ScienceAlert
Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only because we have the luxury of living 150…
Astronomers Just Saw a Gamma-Ray Explosion Defy All Known Space Logic : ScienceAlert
A giant explosion that lit up the sky didn’t just rock the cosmos – it absolutely rattled our…
Octopuses Use Their Arms in Surprisingly Similar Ways to Us : ScienceAlert
Octopuses are mostly made up of sucker-studded arms, each one packed with muscles and nerves that enable them…
Oddball Creature Has 229 Chromosome Pairs, a Record in The Animal Kingdom : ScienceAlert
An unassuming butterfly called the Atlas blue has been confirmed to have the greatest known number of chromosome…
Daily Samurai Routine Could Reduce Risk of Falls in Seniors : ScienceAlert
Ancient Japanese samurai were warriors of distinction, with a reputation for discipline and mastery of precision. Their deliberate…
Physicists Created a Time Crystal That We Can Actually See : ScienceAlert
Physicists have just made a new breakthrough in the enigmatic realm of time crystals. For the first time,…
Physicists Measured The Pulse of an Atom’s Magnetic Heart in Real Time : ScienceAlert
The pulse of an atom’s magnetic heart as it ticks back and forth between quantum states has been…