Of all the senses we love to indulge, scent is often neglected – but the right smells could be just what your brain needs to keep it whirring in old age. Researchers at the...
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Threat of Nuclear Catastrophe Is “Great And Growing”, Medical Journals Warn : ScienceAlert
More than 100 medical journals across the world issued a rare joint call on Thursday for urgent action to eliminate nuclear weapons, warning that the threat of nuclear catastrophe was “great and growing”. The...
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These Two Stars Orbit So Close, The Entire System Would Fit Inside Our Sun : ScienceAlert
A record-breaking binary system has been found with a rotation so tight, both objects could comfortably fit inside the Sun. Called ZTF J2020+5033, its just 457 light-years away and consists of a high-mass brown...
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Most Massive Animal of All Time May Have Been Found in Peruvian Desert : ScienceAlert
The bones of a whale that lived 39 million years ago are seriously testing what we thought was possible for the size of vertebrates. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) has long been considered the...
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This Star Is Pummeling a Planet So Hard, Its Atmosphere Is Flying Off : ScienceAlert
A young star is lashing its orbiting exoplanet with so much fury that it’s sporadically ripping away vast amounts of atmosphere. The exoplanet is AU Microscopii b (or AU Mic b), and it’s orbiting...
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Brain Activity as a Toddler May Predict IQ at Age 18, Decades-Long Study Finds : ScienceAlert
The way that a young child’s brain hums along at rest could predict their active intelligence later in life. Researchers in the United States and Germany have followed up on a past study in...
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‘Electrified Cement’ Could Turn The Foundations of Buildings Into Giant Batteries : ScienceAlert
Scientists are constantly searching for better ways to store renewable energy, and MIT researchers have now found a way to turn cement and an ancient material into a giant supercapacitor. Potentially, this electrified cement...
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Earth Oldest Impact Craters Are Disappearing : ScienceAlert
The earliest impact scars from asteroids that bombarded Earth’s surface may be lost forever to the ravages of time. According to a new analysis, there’s a reason scientists have been unable to find any...
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We Just Got The First Test Images From Europe’s Dark Matter Telescope And We’re Psyched : ScienceAlert
The Euclid space telescope, launched July 1 on a mission to shed more light on elusive dark matter and dark energy, has reached its destination orbit and on Monday its European operators revealed its...
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Leprosy Appears to Be on The Rise in Florida : ScienceAlert
A 54-year-old Florida man diagnosed with leprosy adds to a growing number of cases detected in the south-eastern United States, which appears to be a new hotspot for the disease. It follows recent alerts...
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