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The World Is Sleeping on Bird Flu, Expert Warns <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/ColorfulFluVirusIllustration.jpg" alt="Computer illustration of a flu virus particle in bright colors"/>We’re making the same mistake again.

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The World Is Sleeping on Bird Flu, Expert Warns

There&#039;s an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I&#039;ve been told: Don&#039;t write about COVID.

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This Bizarre Parasitic 'Mushroom' Plant Quit Photosynthesis – And It's Thriving <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/mushroom-plant.jpg"/>A fascinating curiosity of evolution.

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This Bizarre Parasitic &#039;Mushroom&#039; Plant Quit Photosynthesis &ndash; And It&#039;s Thriving

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

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Over 50% of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren't From Clogged Arteries <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/AtherosclerosisConceptIllustration-1200-x-675-px.jpg" alt="Atherosclerosis concept showing plaque (yellow) leaving only a narrow path for blood flow in an artery"/>We're not getting the full story.

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Over 50% of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren&#039;t From Clogged Arteries

Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block flow to the heart.

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A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/particle-twist.jpg" alt="A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass"/>A simpler solution?

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A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass

The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted geometry of hidden dimensions, a new theoretical ...

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'Digital Detox' Is a Trick. Here's How to Actually Switch Off. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/manrubseyes.jpg" alt="man rubs eyes"/>Don't fall for it.

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&#039;Digital Detox&#039; Is a Trick. Here&#039;s How to Actually Switch Off.

Switching off can be surprisingly expensive.

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The True Purpose of The Bayeux Tapestry May Finally Be Revealed <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/bayeux-tapestry-mealtime.jpg" alt="a section of the bayeux tapestry depicting six men around a crescent table eating and drinking. a man below serves wine."/>We never knew why it existed.

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The True Purpose of The Bayeux Tapestry May Finally Be Revealed

The Bayeux Tapestry, an enormous length of embroidered cloth depicting events culminating in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, has long been a myster...

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Ancient Caribbean Cave Reveals Bees That Lived Inside Bones <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/fossil-bee-1.jpg" alt="Ancient Caribbean Cave Reveals Bees That Lived Inside Bones"/>There's no place like home.

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Ancient Caribbean Cave Reveals Bees That Lived Inside Bones

Generations of ancient, solitary bees made a home within the tooth holes of a fossilized jawbone, which was recently uncovered in a cave on the Car...

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This Rare Syndrome Induces People to See Faces That Don't Exist <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/closeup-of-persons-eye.jpg" alt="closeup of person's eye"/>A unique window into the overactive brain.

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This Rare Syndrome Induces People to See Faces That Don&#039;t Exist

When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That&#039;s "face pareidolia" and it is...

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A Distinct New Type of Diabetes Is Officially Recognized <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Type5Diabetes.jpg" alt="A Distinct New Type of Diabetes Is Officially Recognized"/>Introducing type 5.

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A Distinct New Type of Diabetes Is Officially Recognized

This year, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially recognized a fifth form of diabetes, after decades of controversy.

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This Week in Science: Garlic Mouthwash, a Storm Slows Time, And More! <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/EatingGarlic.jpg" alt="Eating garlic"/>Our weekly science news roundup.

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This Week in Science: Garlic Mouthwash, a Storm Slows Time, And More!

This week in science: How a storm slowed down time in the US; why you might soon be using garlic mouthwash; frogs gift us a powerful new cancer tre...

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Working Out While Losing Weight Keeps Muscles 'Young', Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/exercise_cal_restrict_header.jpg" alt="woman's arm flexing while holding weight"/>A mystery from our evolutionary past.

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Working Out While Losing Weight Keeps Muscles &#039;Young&#039;, Study Finds

When we lose weight, we don&#039;t just lose body fat – we lose muscle, too.

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Giant Study Reveals a Major Surprise About Medical Cannabis <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/cannabis-med.jpg" alt="Giant Study Reveals a Major Surprise About Medical Cannabis"/>Here's what we know.

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Giant Study Reveals a Major Surprise About Medical Cannabis

Medicinal cannabis is increasingly used to treat a variety of conditions, but a comprehensive new review suggests that there is insufficient scient...

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The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/Microrobot.jpg" alt="The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen"/>Blink, and you might lose it!

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The World&#039;s Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it.

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Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth's Core <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/earth-core.jpg" alt="Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth's Core"/>The 'superionic phase' is real.

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Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth&#039;s Core

By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird part-solid, part-liquid...

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The Way You Speak Can Signal Hidden Personality Disorders, Research Shows <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/dysfunctional_personality_words_header.jpg" alt="redhead screaming"/>The words you choose may reveal more than you realize.

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The Way You Speak Can Signal Hidden Personality Disorders, Research Shows

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone&#039;s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you...

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Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/TreeFrog.jpg" alt="Green tree frog sitting on a leaf"/>A single dose made tumors disappear completely in mice.

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Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog

Scientists have discovered a promising new approach to fighting cancer in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with one strain completely shri...

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There's Always Room For Dessert, And Science Can Explain Why <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/person-eating-dessert.jpg" alt="person eating dessert"/>Oh, go on then.

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There&#039;s Always Room For Dessert, And Science Can Explain Why

You push back from the table after Christmas lunch, full from an excellent feast.

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Mouse Study Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link With Alzheimer's <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Close-Up-Of-Girl-Picking-Nose-stock-photo.jpg" alt="A child picking their nose"/>Do you really need to pick it?

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Mouse Study Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link With Alzheimer&#039;s

A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing dementia.

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Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We've Ever Seen <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/lemon-world.jpg" alt="Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We've Ever Seen"/>Everything about this is wack.

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Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We&#039;ve Ever Seen

A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we&#039;ve ever spotted out there in the Milky Way galaxy.

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Ancient 'Wet Lava Ball' Exoplanet Defies Expectations <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/hot_exoplanet_superearth_header.jpg" alt="Bright planets"/>What is going on here?

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Ancient &#039;Wet Lava Ball&#039; Exoplanet Defies Expectations

A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we have yet of a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphe...