When Oumuamua travelled through our Solar System back in 2017, people around the world paid attention. It was the first Interstellar Object (ISO) astronomers had ever identified. Then in August 2019, Comet 2I Borisov...
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Eating Late Can Alter How You Burn Calories And Store Fat, Depressing Study Finds : ScienceAlert
A recent study suggests eating later in the day can directly impact our biological weight regulation in three key ways: through the number of calories that we burn; our hunger levels; and the way...
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Astonishing Discovery Finds 10,000 Mostly Unknown Viruses in Baby Poo : ScienceAlert
An international team of scientists who spent five years studying the poo of 647 Danish babies found something astonishing. The nappy samples contained 10,000 species of virus – ten times the number of bacterial...
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Even Clouds Are Carrying Drug-Resistant Bacteria, New Study Finds : ScienceAlert
For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm – but because they were found in a recent study to...
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Earth’s Largest Logjam Holds 3.4 Million Tons of Carbon, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
If you think your morning commute is a logjam, you should see the Mackenzie River Delta in Nunavut, Canada. Unlike logjams of idling trucks, sedans, and SUVs, this literal logjam stores carbon. Covering some...
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Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce The Build-Up of Alzheimer’s Proteins, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
There’s still so much we don’t know about Alzheimer’s disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto. Now, a new study has found that...
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Mosquito Saliva Can Actually Suppress Our Immune System, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
We know mosquitoes are a serious threat to our health as human beings– in fact, they’re the world’s deadliest animal, with mosquito-borne diseases responsible for more than a million deaths a year. And it’s...
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NASA Assessment Finds Sea Levels Have Risen Over 9 Centimeters in Just 30 Years : ScienceAlert
It probably comes as no surprise to people living in low-lying coastal regions, but sea waters are rising by large, measurable amounts. That assessment comes from NASA, which has analyzed 30 years of sea-level...
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This One Strategy Will Reveal if Someone’s Lying With 80% Accuracy, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
To spot a liar, ignore everything except the level of detail in a person’s story, new research suggests. If a person provides rich descriptions of who, what, when, how, and why, it’s likely they...
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Well-Known Buffer Against Cognitive Decline Has Zero Effect, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Take a look at any list of risk factors for cognitive decline and you’re bound to find “education” among them. The received wisdom is that the more years you spend in education, the lower...
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