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New Form of Dark Matter May Explain Milky Way's Core Mysteries <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/center_milky_way_header.jpg" alt="milky way center"/>One answer to two galactic puzzles?

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New Form of Dark Matter May Explain Milky Way&#039;s Core Mysteries

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy.

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Strongest Evidence of Alien Life Yet Found 124 Light-Years Away <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/life_exoplanet_sig_header.jpg" alt="exoplanet illustration"/>We have questions.

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Strongest Evidence of Alien Life Yet Found 124 Light-Years Away

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our Solar System, though othe...

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Ghostly Rings of Dying Star Captured in Never-Before-Seen Detail by JWST <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/planetary-nebula-NGC-1514-2025.jpg" alt="What looks like a single large, bright star (but is two) shines with bright purple diffraction spikes at the center of a large, diffuse cylinder of gas and dust that is tipped to the right"/>This is amazing!

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Ghostly Rings of Dying Star Captured in Never-Before-Seen Detail by JWST

NGC 1514 is a planetary nebula about 1500 light-years away.

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Major Problem in Physics Could Be Fixed if The Whole Universe Was Spinning <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/iotw2025a-1500.jpg" alt="Major Problem in Physics Could Be Fixed if The Whole Universe Was Spinning"/>Like a record, baby.

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Major Problem in Physics Could Be Fixed if The Whole Universe Was Spinning

Earth rotates, the Sun rotates, the Milky Way rotates – and a new model suggests the entire Universe could be rotating.

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A 5-Minute Workout Each Day Can Still Make a Huge Health Difference <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/ChairSquat.jpg" alt="Chair squats"/>Set the timer.

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A 5-Minute Workout Each Day Can Still Make a Huge Health Difference

New research adds to a mounting body of evidence showing that even a small amount of daily exercise can make a difference.

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Pornography's Prevalence Could Have a Dire Impact on Our Brain, Studies Show <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/man_watching_computer_header.jpg" alt="man watching computer screen"/>The dark side of pleasure.

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Pornography&#039;s Prevalence Could Have a Dire Impact on Our Brain, Studies Show

While pornography has been present throughout human history in various forms, such as ancient erotic art to more modernized motion pictures, resear...

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'Landmark Moment': New Breast Cancer Treatment Approved in UK <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/WomenWithBreastCancerHuggingGirl.jpg"/>The payoff from decades of research.

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&#039;Landmark Moment&#039;: New Breast Cancer Treatment Approved in UK

A new drug that helps slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in Britain&#039;s state-run National Health S...

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21 Heartwarming Images Reveal The Human Side of Life in Space <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/HairwashingInSpace.jpg" alt="21 Heartwarming Images Reveal The Human Side of Life in Space"/>Here's how ISS astronauts really live.

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21 Heartwarming Images Reveal The Human Side of Life in Space

Ask any astronaut who has spent extended periods in the International Space Station what the most challenging part was, and they will probably say�...

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Sleep And Anxiety Medication Is Having a Curious Effect on Salmon Behavior <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/salmon_pharm_pollution_header.jpg" alt="atlantic salmon"/>A different kind of pollution.

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Sleep And Anxiety Medication Is Having a Curious Effect on Salmon Behavior

"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets.

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A Tiny Piece of Mouse Brain Has Finally Been Mapped in Mindblowing Detail <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/BrainWiring.jpg" alt="Brain wiring"/>It took nine years to achieve.

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A Tiny Piece of Mouse Brain Has Finally Been Mapped in Mindblowing Detail

Trying to grasp the brain&#039;s complexity is a little like trying to comprehend the vastness of space – it feels way beyond our scope of unders...

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Earth's Oceans Were Once Green, Says Study of Volcanic Waters <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/GreenOceanHorizon.jpg" alt="Earth's Oceans Were Once Green, Says Study of Volcanic Waters"/>Could they change colour again?

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Earth&#039;s Oceans Were Once Green, Says Study of Volcanic Waters

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space.

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Earth's First Crust May Have Looked Surprisingly Like The One We Have Today <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/ProtocrustLayer.jpg" alt="Protocrust layer"/>This is unexpected.

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Earth&#039;s First Crust May Have Looked Surprisingly Like The One We Have Today

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet&#039;s earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Ea...

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Not Even America's Richest Live as Long as Some of Europe's Poorest <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/DollarBills.jpg" alt="Dollar bills"/>Money only gets you so far.

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Not Even America&#039;s Richest Live as Long as Some of Europe&#039;s Poorest

New research shows a significant gap in mortality rates between the US and Europe, with even the wealthiest Americans more likely to meet an early ...

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Rare Star Doomed to Explode Finally Confirms Astronomical Prediction <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/type-ia.jpg" alt="Rare Star Doomed to Explode Finally Confirms Astronomical Prediction"/>We've never seen this before.

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Rare Star Doomed to Explode Finally Confirms Astronomical Prediction

Every star that hangs upon the evening firmament will one day die, its lights snuffed and its fires cooling in the dwindling cosmic end times.

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The 'World's Most Advanced Microchip' Has Been Unveiled <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/TSMC2nmChipConceptVideoScreenshot.jpg" alt="A hand holding a very small computer chip"/>A major step forward.

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The &#039;World&#039;s Most Advanced Microchip&#039; Has Been Unveiled

On April 1, 2025, the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC introduced the world&#039;s most advanced microchip: the 2 nanometre (2nm) chip.

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This Traditional African Diet Appears to Boost The Immune System <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/kilamanjero_diet_header.jpg" alt="This Traditional African Diet Appears to Boost The Immune System"/>The changes were rapid and profound.

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This Traditional African Diet Appears to Boost The Immune System

Africa&#039;s numerous cultures have long enjoyed a heritage of diets based on items known to be good for gut and metabolic health, including a ran...

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A Week of Swimming in Cold Water Can Change You on a Cellular Level <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/SwimmingMan.jpg" alt="Cold swimming"/>Amazing results!

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A Week of Swimming in Cold Water Can Change You on a Cellular Level

If you&#039;ve ever been cold water swimming, you&#039;ll know all about the short, sharp shock it gives your senses as you plunge in.

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'Largest' Rare Earth Metals Deposit Discovered in Kazakhstan <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/NeodymiumStoneCover-1.jpg" alt="'Largest' Rare Earth Metals Deposit Discovered in Kazakhstan"/>Huge potential.

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&#039;Largest&#039; Rare Earth Metals Deposit Discovered in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan discovered its largest deposit of rare earth metals, containing around one million tonnes of the elements that are seen as vital for the...

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Once Lush Sahara Was Home to a Surprisingly Unique Group of Humans <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/03/AncientHumanFromWhenSaharaWasLush.jpg" alt="Once Lush Sahara Was Home to a Surprisingly Unique Group of Humans"/>Then the sands came.

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Once Lush Sahara Was Home to a Surprisingly Unique Group of Humans

Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it&#039;s hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that nourished lush green sava...

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Climate Change Could Wipe 40% Off Global Economy, Study Predicts <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/04/economy-climate-change-header.jpg" alt="drought landscape"/>We didn't consider a crucial factor.

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Climate Change Could Wipe 40% Off Global Economy, Study Predicts

The damage climate change will inflict on the world&#039;s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my...