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Humanity
New Discovery Just Changed Our Understanding of The Source of Easter Island's Moai
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
For hundreds of years, they stood watch in silence: the 'moai', a mysterious league of almost 1,000 carved monolithic statues, erected across the …
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Pregnancy
Giant Panda Cubs Are Born Shockingly Small - Turns Out They're 'Undercooked'
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
When giant pandas are born, they are not giant. In fact, they are almost comically small compared to their mums. Now, new research on baby panda …
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Hair
Ever Heard of 'Hair Ice'? It's Totally a Thing
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
Walking through a wintry broadleaf forest in the cold morning light, you might be lucky enough to spot a fleeting enigma called "hair ice". At first, …
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Mount Everest
Strange Sun Effects Have Been Detected by World's Highest Weather Stations on Everest
ScienceAlert - MADDIE STONE
Data from a network of newly installed weather stations atop Mount Everest shows that the mountain experiences some of the most intense sunlight on …
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Sleep
Your Constant Feeling of 'Being Tired' Could Be Due to a Serious Health Problem
ScienceAlert - EMILY SOHN
Feeling tired or fatigued is a common experience. Yet health-care providers often dismiss complaints about tiredness - both because the symptom is …
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Black Holes
Our Galaxy's Centre Could Have a Second Supermassive Black Hole. Here's Why
ScienceAlert - SMADAR NAOZ
Do supermassive black holes have friends? The nature of galaxy formation suggests that the answer is yes, and in fact, pairs of supermassive black …
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Fluoride
Here's What Happened When a City in Alaska Took Fluoride Out of Its Drinking Water
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
Despite what dentists keep telling us about the protective effects of fluoride on people's teeth, virulent myths insisting otherwise somehow manage …
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Environment
Staggering Video Shows How Much of Earth Was Actually on Fire in 2019
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Sometimes you need to see the bigger picture to understand the scale of a problem. A new visualisation from the Copernicus programme in Europe has …
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Space
NASA Just Watched a Mass of Cyclones on Jupiter Evolve Into a Mesmerising Hexagon
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
Jupiter is a turbulent place. Its colossal red cyclone is, of course, the planet's most famous storm. But when NASA's Juno probe arrived in 2016, it …
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Space
It Looks Like That 'Impossible' Black Hole We Just Found Was Actually an Error
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
The discovery of an "impossibly" massive black hole in the Milky Way, only announced a couple of weeks ago, now looks to be debunked. Three separate …
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Environment
These 20 Companies Caused More Than One-Fifth of Ocean Acidification Since 1965
ScienceAlert - Tessa Koumoundouros
Our oceans are acidifying at a rate not seen in 66 million years. They're now 26 percent more acidic since 1880, which is profoundly changing …
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Whales
There's a Reason Whales Have Never Grown Any More Massive Than They Are Now
ScienceAlert - MATTHEW SAVOCA
Both toothed and baleen (filter-feeding) whales are among the largest animals ever to exist. Blue whales, which measure up to 100 feet (30 meters) …
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Space
Hubble Captures Incredible Photos of Comet Borisov as It Speeds Past Our Sun
ScienceAlert - Mike McRae
Comet 2I/Borisov has become something of a cosmic celebrity in recent months, and researchers have been collecting snapshots with paparazzi passion. …
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Worms
Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Have Washed Up on a California Beach
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
After an influx of dark and stormy weather, residents in California's Bay Area awoke to find their local beach awash with what appeared to be …
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Pollution
That Ocean Garbage Collector Is Finally Hauling in Bags of Plastic Waste
ScienceAlert - ARIA BENDIX
It has been six years since Boyan Slat began developing a system to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a trash-filled vortex in the Pacific …
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Dark Matter
Dark Matter Could Be Lurking at Our Galaxy's Core Blasting Out Gamma Rays
ScienceAlert - DAN ROBITZSKI
Physicists think they've found something unusual at the core of our galaxy: a vast, turbulent cloud of dark matter that's creating powerful blasts of …
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Water
NASA Identifies Regions of Mars With Water Ice Just Below The Surface
ScienceAlert - KRISTIN HOUSER
When NASA astronauts visit Mars, they'll probably need to harvest the planet's water ice for drinking water and fuel. It makes sense, then, for the …
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Quantum Physics
Heat Energy Has Leapt Across an Empty Vacuum Thanks to a Weird Quantum Effect
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Quantum physics has up-ended classical physics again, this time enabling heat to transfer across empty space without any of the atoms or molecules …
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Sailing
Fossil Find Shows The Enigmatic 'Sailing Stones' Existed Even 200 Million Years Ago
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
In the Death Valley desert in California, the dry lake of Racetrack Playa is renowned for being home to a wonderful peculiarity. Here, large and …
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Space
We're All Made of Stardust. But an Unusual Amount on Earth Comes From Red Giants
ScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH
We've all heard this one: when you drink a glass of water, that water has already been through a bunch of other people's digestive tracts. Maybe …
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Space
SpaceX's Next Space Station Delivery Includes a Stash of Cannabis
ScienceAlert - KRISTIN HOUSER
On Sunday, a SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station hauling nearly three tons of cargo. SpaceX's next ISS resupply mission …
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Space
Scientists Uncover The Cause of Mysterious 'Tiger Stripes' on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
ScienceAlert - MATT WILLIAMS
Saturn's moon Enceladus has captivating scientists ever since the Voyager 2 mission passed through the system in 1981. The mystery has only deepened …
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Tech Trends
The World's First Fully Electric Plane Has Flown Successfully For Almost 15 Minutes
ScienceAlert - ALIA DHARSSI
The world's first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and …
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Humanity
Experiences Aren't Always Greener Than Things – Here's How to Make Memories Sustainably
ScienceAlert - BRENDAN CANAVAN
In the age of FOMO (fear of missing out) and YOLO (you only live once), people are pursuing sensations and memories over material products more than …
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Moon
The Last Full Moon of The Decade Occurs This Week And It'll Be Beautifully Ordinary
ScienceAlert - MATTHEW CAPPUCCI
The last full moon of the decade will occur tonight, at 12:12 am Eastern time on December 12. It's called the full "cold moon". The Moon will appear …
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Health
X Chromosome Study in Mice Hints at Why Women Get More Autoimmune Issues
ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
New research on mice has found a possible explanation for why autoimmune diseases are more common in females, and it has to do with their extra X …
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Environment
This Timelapse of Earth's Glaciers Will Change Your Perspective of The Past 50 Years
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
New timelapse videos from satellites that have been monitoring Earth for decades have revealed the shocking reality of ice melting at accelerated …
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Plastic
Scientists Find a Way to Break Plastic Down Into Useful Chemicals With Light
ScienceAlert - AFP
Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into …
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Humanity
The Oldest Story We've Ever Found Shows Supernatural Figures on The Hunt
ScienceAlert - BEN GUARINO
Archaeologists working in Indonesia say they have discovered the earliest artwork that depicts a story. It is a tale told in red pigment on a cave …
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Humanity
Jaw-Dropping Celtic Warrior Grave Contains Shield Labelled a Find 'of The Millennium'
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Some archaeological finds have to be seen to be believed, and the discovery of the 2,200-year-old grave of a male Celtic warrior has experts very …
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