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A Hidden Source of Power May Have Been Discovered Surrounding Our Cells <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/membrane_electricity_header.jpg" alt="membrane and electrical current"/>Literally rippling with energy.

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A Hidden Source of Power May Have Been Discovered Surrounding Our Cells

Our cells may literally ripple with electricity, acting as a hidden power supply that could help transport materials or even play a role in our bod...

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Horror of Life on Roman Frontier Revealed in Gut-Wrenching Study <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/roman_soldier_parasites_header.jpg" alt="Roman Soldier looking out at the horizon"/>Foot-long parasites anybody?

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Horror of Life on Roman Frontier Revealed in Gut-Wrenching Study

Roman soldiers garrisoned at the fort of Vindolanda, located near Hadrian&#039;s Wall in northern England, were riddled with parasites that sapped ...

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Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways We're Only Beginning to Understand <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/face_tatt_header.jpg" alt="man with face tattoos"/>What's in your ink?

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Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways We&#039;re Only Beginning to Understand

From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow.

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Blocking One Protein Slows Cancer Growth in Mice, Scientists Discover <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/ImmuneCells.jpg" alt="Illustration of white blood cells attacking a cancer cell"/>"Could make current immunotherapies more effective."

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Blocking One Protein Slows Cancer Growth in Mice, Scientists Discover

One of the ways scientists are trying to improve cancer treatments is by better equipping the body&#039;s own immune system to fight off the disea...

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This Week in Science: Reversing Alzheimer's, Solving a Tapestry Mystery, And More! <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."/>Our weekly science news roundup.

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This Week in Science: Reversing Alzheimer&#039;s, Solving a Tapestry Mystery, And More!

This week in science: A promising Alzheimer&#039;s breakthrough as an experimental drug completely reverses mental decline in mice with advanced di...

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Pouring The Wrong Things Down Your Sink Can Damage Cities. Here's How. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/GreenCreepySinkDrain.jpg" alt="Close up of a sink drain with something green"/>If you wonder if you should, you probably shouldn't.

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Pouring The Wrong Things Down Your Sink Can Damage Cities. Here&#039;s How.

Ever been about to pour rancid milk down the sink and thought…"Hmm, maybe I shouldn&#039;t…"? What about the tomato passata that&#039;s gone of...

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A Giant Telescope Searched 3I/ATLAS For Signs of Aliens. Here's Why. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/3iatlasrainbow.jpg" alt="Don't Panic! 3I/ATLAS Isn't an Alien Death Probe, But It Is Wildly Unusual"/>It pays to check.

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A Giant Telescope Searched 3I/ATLAS For Signs of Aliens. Here&#039;s Why.

A dedicated scan for signs of radio-transmitting technology in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has come back with absolute cometary radio silence.

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Controversial Ancestor Found to Have Done Something Eerily Human <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/Sahelanthropus.jpg" alt="Controversial Ancestor Found to Have Done Something Eerily Human"/>A 7-million-year-old fossil may rewrite humanity's story.

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Controversial Ancestor Found to Have Done Something Eerily Human

A controversial hominid that lived 7 million years ago may have walked on two legs after all, according to a new analysis of its fossilized bones.

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Why You Always Seem to Get Sick Just as Your Holiday Begins <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/ManFeelingUnwellHoldingSideOfFace.jpg" alt="Sick man at home, looks like he has a bad headache"/>Isn’t relaxing good for our health?

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Why You Always Seem to Get Sick Just as Your Holiday Begins

You&#039;ve been hanging out for a break, getting through the busy last weeks of work or class.

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The Sad Case of The Youngest Person Ever to Be Diagnosed With Alzheimer's <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/3d-rendered-image-of-glowing-neuron-cell-network-on-black-background.jpg" alt="A glowing orange center is seen in a blue neuron cell network, on a black background"/>There's so much we still don't understand.

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The Sad Case of The Youngest Person Ever to Be Diagnosed With Alzheimer&#039;s

In 2022, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer&#039;s disease – making him the...

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Something in Dark Chocolate Could Slow Aging on a Genetic Level <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/theobromine_aging_header.jpg" alt="girl biting chocolate"/>"This is a very exciting finding."

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Something in Dark Chocolate Could Slow Aging on a Genetic Level

Good news, dark chocolate lovers: the treat is rich in an ingredient that slows down biological aging in the body, according to a new study.

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A Psychologist Explains Why New Year's Feels Harder Now – And What You Can Do <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/sad-new-years.jpg" alt="A Psychologist Explains Why New Year's Feels Harder Now - And What You Can Do"/>It's not just you.

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A Psychologist Explains Why New Year&#039;s Feels Harder Now - And What You Can Do

The start of a new year has long been considered an important moment for personal change.

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January's Wolf Supermoon Is Getting a Rare Triple Brightness Boost <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/ThreeWolvesHowlingAtMoon.jpg" alt="Three silhouetted wolves howling at a huge, bright moon"/>Here's when to look up.

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January&#039;s Wolf Supermoon Is Getting a Rare Triple Brightness Boost

The full Wolf Supermoon of 3 January 2026 is going to put in one of the brightest appearances of which our Moon is capable, and it&#039;s all down ...

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A Mouse Just Gave Birth After Going to Space. Here's Why That's a Big Deal. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/china_space_station_header.jpg" alt="A Mouse Just Gave Birth After Going to Space. Here's Why That's a Big Deal."/>This could decide humanity's future beyond Earth.

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A Mouse Just Gave Birth After Going to Space. Here&#039;s Why That&#039;s a Big Deal.

Four mice went to space as astronauts.

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Astronomers Measure The Mass of a Planet With No Star For The First Time <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/rogue-planet.jpg" alt="Astronomers Measure The Mass of a Planet With No Star For The First Time"/>A cosmic free spirit.

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Astronomers Measure The Mass of a Planet With No Star For The First Time

Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are doomed to roam the cosmos alone.

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Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/pyre-art.jpg" alt="Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation"/>This is changing what we know about early humans.

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Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation

In an ancient rock shelter in the heart of Malawi, archaeologists have found the world&#039;s oldest evidence of a funeral pyre for an adult.

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Swearing Provides Health Benefits (Especially if It's Not a Habit) <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/person_swearing_header.jpg" alt="woman biting bottom lip as if she's about to swear"/>Wtf?

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Swearing Provides Health Benefits (Especially if It&#039;s Not a Habit)

You stub your toe on the bedpost.

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What Is Biophobia? Your Guide to The Hidden Experience of Millions <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/Womans-Emotionless-Face-Tinted-Green.jpg" alt="A woman's face with a green tint to it"/>And what you can do to help.

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What Is Biophobia? Your Guide to The Hidden Experience of Millions

We&#039;re constantly told that spending time in nature is good for the body and the mind alike.

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This Stunning 'Blue Marble' Fruit Isn't Actually Blue – It's a Wild Optical Illusion <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/12/marble_berry1_header.jpg" alt="Bright blue berries"/>Nature has clever ways to trick your eyes.

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This Stunning &#039;Blue Marble&#039; Fruit Isn&#039;t Actually Blue &ndash; It&#039;s a Wild Optical Illusion

The fruit of Africa&#039;s marble berry (Pollia condensata) is a true living gemstone, sporting a stunning metallic blue sheen that never fades.

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Scientists Found a 'Yellow Brick Road' at The Bottom of The Ocean <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Yellow-brick-road-2025.jpg" alt="Bricks appearing on the seafloor"/>Where does it lead?

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Scientists Found a &#039;Yellow Brick Road&#039; at The Bottom of The Ocean

An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise back in 2022: an ancient dried-up lakebed paved with wha...