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'Red Princess': Mysterious Skeleton With Dyed Teeth Is a Scientific First <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/cinnabar-teeth.jpg"/>We've never seen this before.

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&#039;Red Princess&#039;: Mysterious Skeleton With Dyed Teeth Is a Scientific First

A young woman who lived and died more than 2,000 years ago left behind remains in China that are unlike any we&#039;ve seen previously.

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Male Octopuses Stun Females With Venom to Survive Mating, Study Finds <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/Hapalochlaena_fasciata_Toba3.jpg" alt="blue-lined octopus"/>An evolutionary arms race between the sexes.

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Male Octopuses Stun Females With Venom to Survive Mating, Study Finds

The blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) is only a few centimeters long, yet it may be one of the most dangerous marine animals on Earth.

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Scientists Finally Identified Where Gluten Reactions Start <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/08/woman_eating_pastry.jpg" alt="woman eating a pastry"/>Proof at last!

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Scientists Finally Identified Where Gluten Reactions Start

For roughly one in every hundred people, food containing even the smallest amounts of gluten can deliver a gutful of hurt and pose severe risks to ...

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The Entire Universe Could Exist Inside a Black Hole – Here's Why <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/jades-galaxies.jpg"/>Something is very wrong.

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The Entire Universe Could Exist Inside a Black Hole &ndash; Here&#039;s Why

When you peer out into the depths of the cosmos, a mystery lies there, waiting.

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Amazing 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found in The Australian Desert <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/pish.jpg" alt="Amazing 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found in The Australian Desert"/>Stomach contents and all.

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Amazing 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found in The Australian Desert

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on g...

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Parkinson's Gut Bacteria Link Suggests an Unexpected, Simple Treatment <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/04/microbes_epithelium_gut_AD-1024x415.jpg" alt="Artist's impression of microbes on the gut lining."/>Inching closer to the full picture.

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Parkinson&#039;s Gut Bacteria Link Suggests an Unexpected, Simple Treatment

Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the development of Parkinson&#039;s disease.

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This Ancient Scratch May Be One of Humanity's Oldest Rock Symbols <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/RockScratch.jpg" alt="This Ancient Scratch May Be One of Humanity's Oldest Rock Symbols"/>A message from the past?

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This Ancient Scratch May Be One of Humanity&#039;s Oldest Rock Symbols

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, accordi...

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Anti-Amyloid Drug May Delay Alzheimer's Symptoms in Those at Risk, Clinical Trial Finds <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/amyloid_plaque_642.jpg" alt="amyloid plaque"/>"I am highly optimistic now."

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Anti-Amyloid Drug May Delay Alzheimer&#039;s Symptoms in Those at Risk, Clinical Trial Finds

A method for slowing disease progress in Alzheimer&#039;s patients may also delay onset in people predisposed to the disease who are yet to show sy...

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TikTok Misinformation Is Warping Young People's Understanding of ADHD <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/HoldingPhone.jpg" alt="Looking at a phone"/>Awareness is important, but is it factual?

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TikTok Misinformation Is Warping Young People&#039;s Understanding of ADHD

Some 1.8 billion people log into TikTok at least once a month, spending an average of 95 minutes per day being engaged, entertained, and even educa...

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Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Says Expert <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2023/03/BrainScansOnDisplay-1024x415.jpg" alt="Brain Scans On Display"/>Are we looking at this the wrong way?

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Alzheimer&#039;s May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Says Expert

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer&#039;s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing sever...

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Space Is Set to Become a 'Wild West' as Outdated Laws Struggle to Keep Up <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/laws_lunar_base_header.jpg" alt="lunar base"/>This is a new age.

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Space Is Set to Become a &#039;Wild West&#039; as Outdated Laws Struggle to Keep Up

In the first few months of 2025, there&#039;s been a flurry of private venture space missions.

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Our Genes Reveal Mysterious Split in Human Population 1.5 Million Years Ago <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/TwoHumanSkullsinAMusuem.jpg" alt="Our Genes Reveal Mysterious Split in Human Population 1.5 Million Years Ago"/>It still shapes us today.

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Our Genes Reveal Mysterious Split in Human Population 1.5 Million Years Ago

We&#039;ve long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors.

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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/sun_exoplanet_atmosphere_header.jpg" alt="artist impression star and exoplanet"/>A familiar signal in an alien system.

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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.

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Quantum 'Tornadoes' Spotted in Semimetal May Redefine Electronics <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/Quantum-tornado.jpg" alt="Quantum 'Tornadoes' Spotted in Semimetal May Redefine Electronics"/>A strange new realm of physics.

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Quantum &#039;Tornadoes&#039; Spotted in Semimetal May Redefine Electronics

Physicists in Germany have led experiments that show the inertia of electrons can form &#039;tornadoes&#039; inside a quantum semimetal.

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Reservoirs of Clean Energy Could Be Hiding Inside Our Planet's Mountain Ranges <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/PyreneesMountain.jpg" alt="Pyrenees mountains"/>The birth of a new industry.

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Reservoirs of Clean Energy Could Be Hiding Inside Our Planet&#039;s Mountain Ranges

New research suggests there could be massive reserves of naturally occurring hydrogen gas hiding away in the mountain ranges of the world – poten...

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Your Poop Schedule Says a Lot About Your Overall Health, Study Discovers <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/07/PersonOnAToiletHoldingToiletRoll.jpg" alt="A person sitting on a toilet holding a toilet roll"/>There's an optimal frequency.

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Your Poop Schedule Says a Lot About Your Overall Health, Study Discovers

A study published in Cell Reports Medicine reveals that bowel movement frequency significantly influences physiology and long-term health, with the...

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Herpes Infects Our Brains More Easily Than We Thought, Mouse Study Suggests <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/HerpesVirusDementia.jpg" alt="Herpes Infects Our Brains More Easily Than We Thought, Mouse Study Suggests"/>Can we stop it?

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Herpes Infects Our Brains More Easily Than We Thought, Mouse Study Suggests

The herpes simplex virus (HSV) could be sneaking into the brain more often than we&#039;re aware.

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'Microlightning' Could Help Solve a Crucial Question on How Life Began <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/lightning_over_ocean_header.jpg" alt="lightning over the ocean"/>Not with a bang, but a glow.

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&#039;Microlightning&#039; Could Help Solve a Crucial Question on How Life Began

Life&#039;s building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in the ceaseless glow...

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Incredible Video Shows Blood Moon Eclipse From Lunar Perspective <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/blue-ghost-diamond-ring.jpg" alt="Incredible Video Shows Blood Moon Eclipse From Lunar Perspective"/>A stunning new first!

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Incredible Video Shows Blood Moon Eclipse From Lunar Perspective

As a large swathe of Earth was treated to the rare sight of the blood Moon during last week&#039;s lunar eclipse, one lonely robot far from home ca...

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A Hidden Compound in Rosemary Could Help Fight Alzheimer's <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/RosemaryHerb.jpg" alt="Rosemary herb"/>"It didn't just slow down the decline, it improved virtually back to normal."

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A Hidden Compound in Rosemary Could Help Fight Alzheimer&#039;s

A new approach to Alzheimer&#039;s disease treatment could be on the horizon, inspired by a compound found in common herbs.