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This May Be The World's Oldest Human Fingerprint, And That's Not All <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/WorldsOldestFingerprintAndRockCollage.jpg" alt="A rock with a yellow box highlighting the fingerprint, and a large image of the fingerprint"/>It's so much more than that.

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This May Be The World&#039;s Oldest Human Fingerprint, And That&#039;s Not All

Around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal dipped their finger in ocher and stamped the very center of a pebble.

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Sexual Activity Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/CoupleSleepingLookingHappy.jpg" alt="Woman hugging a man in bed, viewed from above"/>Science says so.

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Sexual Activity Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better

Next time you can&#039;t sleep, it might help to nudge your partner or reach for the nightstand drawer.

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Robot Hand Could Help Scientists Decode Why Tickling Makes Us Giggle <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/LaughingChildTooClose.jpg" alt="Cute little baby boy laughing"/>It's no laughing matter.

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Robot Could Help Scientists Decode Why Tickling Makes Us Giggle

The human response to being tickled is really danged weird.

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Your Stress Could Be a Hidden Trigger For Future Dementia <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/dementia_and_stress_header-e1748487234380.jpg" alt="man who is stressed"/>Here's what you can do about it.

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Your Stress Could Be a Hidden Trigger For Future Dementia

The probability of any American having dementia in their lifetime may be far greater than previously thought.

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China's Tianwen-2 Launches to Grab First 'Living Fossil' Asteroid Samples <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/The-asteroid-Kamooalewa.jpg" alt="china's asteroid probe"/>That's not all it's doing.

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China&#039;s Tianwen-2 Launches to Grab First &#039;Living Fossil&#039; Asteroid Samples

China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country&#039;s first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research,...

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'Lost City' Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We've Seen Before on Earth <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/08/UnderwaterTerrainOfLostCity-1024x415.jpg" alt="Underwater Terrain Of Lost City"/>Now that we've found it, we can't afford to lose it.

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&#039;Lost City&#039; Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We&#039;ve Seen Before on Earth

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.

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Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan by About 30 Percent <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/mouse.jpg" alt="Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan by About 30 Percent"/>What could it do for us?

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Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan by About 30 Percent

Scientists in Europe have tested an anti-aging drug cocktail in mice and found that it extended the animals&#039; lifespans by around 30 percent.

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SpaceX Starship's Latest Test Ends in Destruction Over Indian Ocean <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/space_x_starship_header.jpg" alt="starship launch"/>Another rapid unscheduled disassembly.

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SpaceX Starship&#039;s Latest Test Ends in Destruction Over Indian Ocean

SpaceX&#039;s prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire...

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Star Caught Orbiting Inside Another Star in Bizarre First <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/star_within_star_header.jpg" alt="Star Caught Orbiting Inside Another Star in Bizarre First"/>More like it could be out there.

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Star Caught Orbiting Inside Another Star in Bizarre First

Binary star systems are pairs of stars held together by gravity, orbiting a common center of mass.

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Trees May Be Able to Warn Us When a Volcano Is About to Erupt <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/MountEtna.jpg" alt="Mount Etna"/>Vital early warning.

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Trees May Be Able to Warn Us When a Volcano Is About to Erupt

The science of predicting volcanic eruptions can genuinely save lives – potentially, a lot of lives – and researchers have shown that tree leaf...

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JWST's Deepest Gaze at a Single Spot in Space Reveals Ancient Wonders <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/jwst_deep_view_header.jpg" alt="deep view of space"/>120 hours of sheer concentration.

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JWST&#039;s Deepest Gaze at a Single Spot in Space Reveals Ancient Wonders

The James Webb space telescope&#039;s deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe&#039;s...

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The Big Bang's Glowing 'Echo' May Be Something Else Entirely <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/GalaxyGlow.jpg" alt="Elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004"/>This changes things.

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The Big Bang&#039;s Glowing &#039;Echo&#039; May Be Something Else Entirely

Part of the reason scientists have settled on the Big Bang theory as the best explanation of how the Universe came into being is because of an &#03...

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Who Gets Your 'Digital Remains' When You Die? Here's Some Expert Advice. <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/man_dissolving_digital_remains_header.jpg" alt="illustration of a figure breaking apart against a grey background"/>A different kind of will.

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Who Gets Your &#039;Digital Remains&#039; When You Die? Here&#039;s Some Expert Advice.

Imagine you are planning the funeral music for a loved one who has died.

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Watch: 1,000-Foot Lava Jets Erupt From Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/LavaSpitHawaii.jpg"/>Biggest of the bunch.

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Watch: 1,000-Foot Lava Jets Erupt From Hawaii&#039;s Kīlauea Volcano

Kīlauea, one of the world&#039;s most active volcanoes, is at it again.

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Sudden Death Among Professional Bodybuilders Raises Health Concerns <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/BodybuildingCompetition.jpg" alt="Sudden Death Among Professional Bodybuilders Raises Health Concerns"/>Safety comes first.

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Sudden Death Among Professional Bodybuilders Raises Health Concerns

2021 was a tragic year for the bodybuilding world.

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Are Dogs Replacing Babies in Countries With Declining Birth Rates? <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/dog_baby_header.jpg" alt="dog in a pram"/>Hello furbaby.

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Are Dogs Replacing Babies in Countries With Declining Birth Rates?

Forgoing the stress and expense of a child for a furbaby or two is rapidly becoming a social norm in Western society, with dog ownership rising eve...

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Exposure to Daylight Boosts The Immune System, Study Suggests <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/WomanInSunlight.jpg" alt="Woman In Sunlight"/>"Cells can tell if it’s daytime."

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Exposure to Daylight Boosts The Immune System, Study Suggests

Ever found yourself out of sync with normal sleep patterns after late nights or working a night shift? It could be you&#039;re experiencing what sc...

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Scientists Discover West Nile Virus in The UK For The First Time <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/BlackCulexMosquitoWestNileVirus.jpg" alt="Black culex mosquito close up on red fabric"/>How did it get there?

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Scientists Discover West Nile Virus in The UK For The First Time

For the first time, traces of the West Nile virus have been found in mosquitoes in the UK, according to a report published this week by the UK Heal...

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Earth's Core Holds a Vast Reservoir of Gold, And It's Leaking Toward The Surface <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/molten-metal.jpg" alt="Earth's Core Holds a Vast Reservoir of Gold, And It's Leaking Toward The Surface"/>"We realized that we had literally struck gold!"

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Earth&#039;s Core Holds a Vast Reservoir of Gold, And It&#039;s Leaking Toward The Surface

Earth&#039;s core is rich with gold, and it&#039;s leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found.

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New Link Connects Herpes to Alzheimer's. Here's What We Know. <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/05/HerpesOnLip.jpg" alt="Herpes On Lip"/>Let's look at the evidence.

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New Link Connects Herpes to Alzheimer&#039;s. Here&#039;s What We Know.

A new study has found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, may be linked to the development of Alzheimer&#039;s disease.