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Humanity
Psychologist Explains a Common Reason Relationships Fail That No One Likes to Discuss
ScienceAlert - GARY W. LEWANDOWSKI JR.
There's an old saying, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." In other words, before you give up, take matters into …
2 days ago
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Tech Trends
After 40 Years of Hunting, Scientists Identify a Key Flaw in Solar Panel Efficiency
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Solar panels are fantastic pieces of technology, but we need to work out how to make them even more efficient – and last year, scientists solved a …
2 days ago
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Space
Video of NASA Astronaut And Her Dog Reuniting After 328 Days in Space Has Us Teary
ScienceAlert - TALIA LAKRITZ
NASA astronaut Christina Koch recently returned to Earth after 328 days in space, breaking the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. …
2 days ago
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Aliens
Those Repeating Signals From Deep Space Are Extremely Unlikely to Be Aliens. Here's Why
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
There are many things in the Universe we are yet to understand. It's a big old machine just churning out mysteries, and we tiny specks crawling on …
2 days ago
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Health
This Is What The COVID-19 Virus Looks Like Under The Microscope
ScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler
Having caused an extensive health scare and over 1,000 deaths so far, the COVID-19 virus (also unofficially known as 2019-nCoV) has received wide …
2 days ago
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Jellyfish
A Bizarre Jellyfish Species Can Sting You Without Touch by Hurling 'Mucus Grenades'
ScienceAlert - AFP
A species of jellyfish hunts its prey by hurling venom grenades to create "stinging water", researchers said Thursday, solving a long-standing …
2 days ago
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Health
Monkeys Wake From Anaesthetic When Brain Region Linked to Consciousness Is Stimulated
ScienceAlert - Mike McRae
Later today I'll lose consciousness for a few hours to rest and repair. There's a good chance you will, too. Yet as ubiquitous as sleep is, we know …
2 days ago
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Global Warming
Satellite Footage Shows The Moment a Las Vegas-Sized Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica
ScienceAlert - DAN ROBITZSKI
Since 2017, an iceberg the size of Las Vegas has been slowly cracking and breaking off the massive Pine Island Glacier, on the coast of …
2 days ago
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Global Warming
Antarctica Just Cracked a Disturbing New Temperature Record of 20 Degrees Celsius
ScienceAlert - AFP
Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for …
2 days ago
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Health
China's Death Toll Just Went Up - Here's What We Do And Don't Know About The New Coronavirus
ScienceAlert - AFP
After a sudden jump in the number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in China, here is what we know about the disease, how it spreads and how …
2 days ago
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Space
The Most Distant World We've Ever Explored Just Shed Light on How Planets Are Born
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
In the far reaches of the Solar System, a small rock is showing us how giant planets get their start. Arrokoth - the most distant and most primordial …
3 days ago
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Climate Change
A Small Change in Airplane Altitude Could Reduce Climate Impact of Contrails by 59%
ScienceAlert - David Nield
In a world affected by climate change, every little tweak we make counts. While we're still sorting out jet fuel, there's another plane travel impact …
2 days ago
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Space
We Just Got Our Closest Look Yet at a Strange 'Golf Ball Asteroid'
ScienceAlert - MATT WILLIAMS
In 1802, German astronomer Heinrich Olbers observed what he thought was a planet within the Main Asteroid Belt. In time, astronomers would come to …
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Bacteria
Scientists Discover Giant Viruses With Features Only Seen Before in Living Cells
ScienceAlert - Tessa Koumoundouros
Sifting through a soup of genes sampled from many environments, including human saliva, animal poop, lakes, hospitals, soils and more, researchers …
2 days ago
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Space
Just Before Our Sun Dies, Its Light Will Shatter The Asteroid Belt to Dust
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
The light of a dying star is so intense it can reduce asteroids to dust. A new study indicates this will happen to most of the stars currently …
3 days ago
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Humanity
NASA Just Updated Earth's Most Iconic Portrait, And We Are as Lonely as Ever
ScienceAlert - Signe Dean
On 14 February 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe shut down its cameras for the rest of eternity. A mere half hour before that, it recorded one final …
3 days ago
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Health
New Study Indicates How Long Coronaviruses Can Survive on a Surface
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
If the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV (now officially named COVID-19) is anything like its family members, a new study suggests it could survive on …
3 days ago
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Health
These Are The Early Symptoms of The New Coronavirus, According to The Latest Research
ScienceAlert - ARIA BENDIX
A recent study of nearly 140 hospitalised patients in Wuhan, China, has identified a pattern of symptoms associated with the new coronavirus, now …
2 days ago
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Humanity
Growing Evidence Says People on Easter Island Were Still Okay When Europeans Landed
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
The mystery of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is often told as a "parable of self-destruction", a cautionary tale of human exploitation and 'ecocide'. …
2 days ago
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Anthropology
The 'Ghost' of an Unknown Extinct Human Has Been Found in DNA of Modern West Africans
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
The gene pool of modern West Africans contains the 'ghost' of a mysterious hominin, unlike any we've detected so far. Similar to how humans and …
4 days ago
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Quantum Physics
Chinese Scientists Just Entangled Quantum Memories Over 50 Km
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Scientists have managed to get two quantum memories entangled over 50 kilometres (31 miles) of cabling, almost 40 times the previous record. This …
3 days ago
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Tech Trends
Your Laptop Charger Is More Powerful Than Apollo 11's Computer, Says Apple Developer
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
In the half-century since the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969, computer technology has evolved in some pretty giant leaps itself. So much so, …
20 hours ago
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Space
Astronomers Have Aired Concerns About Musk's Starlink in a Paper, And It's Intense
ScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH
Picture the space around Earth filled with tens of thousands of communications satellites. That scenario is slowly coming into being, and it has …
20 hours ago
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Dinosaurs
A Rare Human Disease Found Hidden in an Ancient Dinosaur Tail Still Plagues Us Today
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
It lived in a place we now call Alberta, Canada, but this was in an ancient time, long before any names existed. It was a young hadrosaur, a giant …
4 days ago
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Antarctica
Weird Video of Scientists Dropping Ice Down a Super Deep Hole Is Totally Mesmerising
ScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler
You've suffered through freezing temperatures, drilled ice cores to understand more about our ancient planet, and of course, thrown some ice down a …
1 day ago
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Newly Discovered Older Cousin of T. Rex Is So Badass It's Been Named After Death Itself
ScienceAlert - AFP
Scientists said Monday they had discovered a new species of dinosaur closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex that strode the plain of North America some …
4 days ago
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Space
Here Are The Qualifications You Need to Be Among NASA's Next Intake of Astronauts
ScienceAlert - AFP
Wanted: The next generation of astronauts to walk on the Moon and journey to Mars. You'll need a relevant Master's degree, be prepared to live and …
4 days ago
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Space
NASA Captures Rare Photo of a Dust Devil Swirling on The Surface of Mars
ScienceAlert - (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
While dust devils aren't exactly uncommon on Mars - the Red Planet is, after all, a very dusty and windy place - the whirlwinds often fade almost as …
1 day ago
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NASA
NASA Explains Why The Viral Standing Broom Trick Is a Hoax
ScienceAlert - MARGOT HARRIS
In the latest viral challenge to overtake Twitter, people are balancing brooms upright in order to demonstrate a supposed unique gravitational pull …
4 days ago

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