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The Iron Age was one of the most significant epochs in human history, and researchers may have uncovered the secrets of how we left the Bronze Age behind – via a 3,000-year-old smelting workshop called Kvemo Bolnisi, in southern Georgia.| ScienceAlert
A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.| ScienceAlert
It turns out that planets can live a very long time indeed.| ScienceAlert
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A new study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.| ScienceAlert
Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists haven't been exactly sure how it works.| ScienceAlert
It’s long been suspected that the underwear men use and the positions they hold their bodies in can affect sperm quality, and now new research has backed up the notion that men should be free and unfettered in the interest of having children.| ScienceAlert
Not everyone can see pictures in their minds when they close their eyes and summon thoughts - an ability many of us take for granted.| ScienceAlert
Life memories for most of us are like grains of sand, slipping through our fingers as we try to hold on to as many as we can.| ScienceAlert
There are many ways to boost brain power, from exercising more often to learning new skills.| ScienceAlert
Scientists are making encouraging progress in developing vaccines to treat cancer, but so far the therapies have been restricted to specific types of tumor.| ScienceAlert
Keeping a single amino acid in check could be critical in promoting weight loss as part of the body's typical metabolic processes, according to a new study.| ScienceAlert
Flaunting bizarrely blobby crowns, colorful helmets, or elaborately arching hats, treehoppers would fit right in at the most outrageous fashion show.| ScienceAlert
The discovery of a new kind of immune cell receptor could pave the way for a new type of T-cell cancer therapy that can attack a diverse range of cancers in human patients without requiring tailored treatment.| ScienceAlert
Scientists have discovered that brain cells that were once considered to be simple place-holders for neurons could actually play an important role in helping to regulate our circadian behaviour.| ScienceAlert
Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century.| ScienceAlert
A strange signal in the background hum created by a merger between two black holes could be the first ever detection of a system of three stellar-mass black holes locked in a gravitational waltz.| ScienceAlert
Astronomers have confirmed the earliest, most distant black hole yet – and it's surprisingly monstrous for its time.| ScienceAlert
From better sleep to healthier hearts, brains, bowels, and immune systems, studies keep finding strong associations between diets packed with fruits and vegetables and reduced risks of major diseases.| ScienceAlert
In a continued effort to catch neurodegenerative diseases early, researchers directed machine learning models to see if they could 'hear' Parkinson's disease in patients' voices.| ScienceAlert
A study's p-value is the probability that your measurements could occur even if there's no relationship with the variable you're testing. Smaller p-values suggest your observations are a good indication that the variables being tested and measured in your experiment are closely connected.| ScienceAlert
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to complex software that performs tasks in a way similar to human brains, often by sensing and responding to a feature of their environment.| ScienceAlert
Cancerous vocal fold lesions could exert a subtle influence over the sound of a person's voice, which could help catch laryngeal cancer earlier than current methods.| ScienceAlert
A tiny blob of gelatinous tissue sitting in a dish represents a giant leap forward in human brain research.| ScienceAlert
With just a splash of color, the red planet's horizons can look remarkably like our own – blue skies and all.| ScienceAlert
New research suggests that poor sleep may be a crucial missing piece in the Alzheimer’s puzzle, and could lead to new treatments for the debilitating memory loss associated with the disease.| ScienceAlert
Nobody likes missing out on a full night’s sleep, but it’s something lots of us have to contend with from time to time.| ScienceAlert
Mars is the fourth planet that orbits the Sun in our Solar System.| ScienceAlert
An asteroid is a relatively small chunk of rocky minerals that orbits the Sun, often described as a minor planet.| ScienceAlert
The oldest solid material on Earth has just been identified, and it predates the Solar System itself by at least a few hundred million years.| ScienceAlert
A piece of space rock that crashed into a home in Atlanta, Georgia, had been zooming around in space for longer than Earth has existed, a recent analysis has found.| ScienceAlert
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, circling the planet at an average distance of roughly 385,000 kilometers (239,000 miles). With a diameter of just under 3,500 kilometers (about 2,160 miles), the cratered surface of the rocky object is one of the most recognisable objects in the sky.| ScienceAlert
Meteor showers are events seen from a planet's surface, where numerous meteors are seen within a short period of time radiating from roughly the same area of sky.| ScienceAlert
Not all Full Moons are created the same.| ScienceAlert
Scientists have finally laid eyes on the first white dwarf pulsar in the known Universe, and while the star is roughly the size of Earth, it's got 200,000 times more mass, and an electromagnetic field 100 million times more powerful.| ScienceAlert
Earth's skies are about to be graced by a full Moon, plump and shining in the sky, swimming across a lake of stars like a giant sturgeon.| ScienceAlert
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Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases.| ScienceAlert
A new study on the efficiency of the so-called 'artificial pancreas' suggests it's a huge leap in the right direction for people with diabetes who are in constant need of monitoring their blood glucose.| ScienceAlert
Scientists have been struggling for decades to free diabetics from regular insulin injections.| ScienceAlert
Researchers have managed to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice by giving them a transplant of pancreatic tissue grown inside rats.| ScienceAlert
If you're one of the 50 million Americans who experience the constant ringing of tinnitus – or you just live in a noisy house or apartment and find it hard to get a good night's sleep – you might be familiar with white noise generators.| ScienceAlert
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people's brains develop and function, impacting behaviour, communication and socialising.| ScienceAlert
Venus is the second planet orbiting our Sun in the Solar System.| ScienceAlert
The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse.| ScienceAlert
Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone in the universe?" or "What happens if you throw a paper airplane from the International Space Station?" Luckily, that third one has finally been answered, because of course someone would eventually.| ScienceAlert
We know sleep and diet are closely related, and a new study adds a few more intriguing details to the picture, showing links between specific types of foods, like those high in fiber or fat, and sleep quality.| ScienceAlert
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) describes a range of complex neurological conditions that affect an individual's social, communication, and motor skills.| ScienceAlert
Cancer is a type of disease defined by the uncontrolled division of cells at one or more locations in the body. This abnormal growth can affect a person's health in a variety of ways.| ScienceAlert
There's no easy way to rate dog intelligence.| ScienceAlert
Getting a good night’s sleep before an exam or a busy day at work has always been sound advice, and now new research helps to explain why sleep has such beneficial effects on our ability to recall information later.| ScienceAlert
Pulsars are compact, rapidly rotating objects that emit concentrated streams of radiation far across the cosmos.| ScienceAlert
Diabetes is an inability to maintain healthy levels of glucose in the blood, giving rise to numerous symptoms that can affect the entire body and can lead to potentially life-threatening complications.| ScienceAlert
Neanderthals were an extinct relative of modern humans once found across Europe, extending into Central and Southwest Asia.| ScienceAlert
A fever is any significant increase in an animal's body temperature triggered by its immune system.| ScienceAlert
Clinical trials are studies designed to test treatments and diagnostic tools on volunteers prior to use on patients.| ScienceAlert
Pandemics are states of disease that sharply increase in populations around the world with infections taking place more or less simultaneously.| ScienceAlert
Dark matter is a hypothetical invisible mass thought to be responsible for adding gravity to galaxies and other bodies.| ScienceAlert
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A virus is genetic material contained within an organic particle that invades living cells and uses their host's metabolic processes to produce a new generation of viral particles.| ScienceAlert
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses known for containing strains that cause potentially deadly diseases in mammals and birds.| ScienceAlert
Jupiter is the fifth planet that orbits the Sun, positioned between Mars and Saturn at an average distance of around 778 million kilometers (484 million miles). It's the largest of the Solar System's four 'gas giants' – massive planets largely made up of mostly light elements primarily in gas form.| ScienceAlert
