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Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HeartHealth.jpg" alt="Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat"/>There's another factor that may matter more.

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Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It&#039;s Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat

The key to heart health isn&#039;t cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it&#039;s not even a low-fat diet.

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Waking Up at 5am Could Make You More Productive, But There's a Catch <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HandTurningOff5amAlarm.jpg"/>Here's what sleep science has to say.

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Waking Up at 5am Could Make You More Productive, But There&#039;s a Catch

At 5 am, social media fills with proof that the early risers have already won the day.

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UK First: Woman Gives Birth After Womb Transplant From Deceased Donor <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/UterusTransplant.jpg"/>"A huge milestone."

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UK First: Woman Gives Birth After Womb Transplant From Deceased Donor

A woman in the United Kingdom, who was born without a womb, has recently given birth to a healthy baby boy in a medical first for the nation.

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Placenta May Hide Early Warning Signs of Schizophrenia Risk <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/foetus_womb_placenta_header.jpg" alt="fetus in the womb"/>A vital link between the brain and placenta.

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Placenta May Hide Early Warning Signs of Schizophrenia Risk

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell what is real.

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Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape 'Screams' When You Peel It <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/tape.jpg" alt="Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape 'Screams' When You Peel It"/>Well, wouldn't you?

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Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape &#039;Screams&#039; When You Peel It

There are some things in life that many people just don&#039;t think to question.

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds <img width="720" height="405" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/middle-age_pfas_720.jpg" alt="Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds"/>Are they speeding up the biological clock?

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds

A new study shows that exposure to two specific &#039;forever chemicals&#039; may accelerate biological aging, especially in middle-aged men.

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New Details Revealed on NASA's First Medical Evacuation <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/mike_fincke_header.jpg" alt="Mike Fincke"/>"Reminds us just how human we are."

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New Details Revealed on NASA&#039;s First Medical Evacuation

AP – NASA&#039;s Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency&#039;s first medica...

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Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/SalmonellaTyphiFlagellarStain-1.jpg" alt="Reddish brown blobs with stringy projections, seen under a microscope"/>This is a global problem.

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Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn

Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today.

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Meditation And Mindfulness Have a Dark Side We Rarely Talk About <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/SilhoutteMeditatingAtSunset.jpg" alt="A high contrast image showing a silhouetted human meditating by the ocean at sunset"/>Adverse effects are not rare.

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Meditation And Mindfulness Have a Dark Side We Rarely Talk About

Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and mental health issues.

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Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/butthole.jpg" alt="Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile"/>Looking good for its age.

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Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile

Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on with its day.

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NASA's Giant Moon Rocket Has a New Problem <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ArtemisRockeetInBrightDaylightWithVisibleMoon.jpg" alt="NASA's Artemis II rocket against a bright blue sky, with the Moon visible in the bottom right"/>Just days after fixing hydrogen leaks.

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NASA&#039;s Giant Moon Rocket Has a New Problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

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Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/kombucha-biofilm.jpg" alt="Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed"/>Jelly world.

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Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed

Scientists have many theories about how Earth&#039;s raw materials turned into living cells, but a new proposal is particularly slimy.

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Will Exercise Help Your Osteoarthritis? A New Review Has Surprising Findings <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Runner-Stopped-with-Knee-Pain-Outdoors.jpg" alt="A man's hands holding his knee while on a break from running outdoors. His knee is strapped with blue sports tape"/>It's important to get the full story.

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Will Exercise Help Your Osteoarthritis? A New Review Has Surprising Findings

Osteoarthritis is a common degenerative joint disease that causes pain, stiffness, and swelling and reduces your range of motion.

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Play Can Make Adults Feel Happier And Less Stressed, Research Shows <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ManOnASwingPossiblyHavingFun.jpg" alt="Close up of a man's face, leaning back on a swing"/>It's not just for kids.

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Play Can Make Adults Feel Happier And Less Stressed, Research Shows

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away.

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Scientists Simulated The Big Bang's Aftermath, And Found The Universe Was Like Soup <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/TwoParticlesInBlueMedium.jpg" alt="Scientists Simulated The Big Bang's Aftermath, And Found The Universe Was Like Soup"/>Mmm, delicious.

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Scientists Simulated The Big Bang&#039;s Aftermath, And Found The Universe Was Like Soup

Immediately after the Big Bang boomed, the Universe was a trillion-degree &#039;soup&#039; of unimaginably dense plasma.

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This Strange Spiky Dinosaur Had Skin Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/haolong_cover_full_light.jpg" alt="This Strange Spiky Dinosaur Had Skin Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen"/>But what was it for?

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This Strange Spiky Dinosaur Had Skin Unlike Anything We&#039;ve Ever Seen

Some dinosaurs were scaly, some were covered in bony plates of armor, and others were even feathered.

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Men Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age. We Finally Know The Cost. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ManinBlueRedLight.jpg" alt="Men Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age. We Finally Know The Cost."/>The evidence is accumulating.

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Men Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age. We Finally Know The Cost.

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age.

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This Extreme Radiation-Resistant Organism Evolved a Remarkable Ability <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/thermococcus-gammatolerans.jpg" alt="This Extreme Radiation-Resistant Organism Evolved a Remarkable Ability"/>How is this possible?

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This Extreme Radiation-Resistant Organism Evolved a Remarkable Ability

In places like Chernobyl and Fukushima, where nuclear disasters have flooded the environment with dangerous radiation, it makes sense that life mig...

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This Week in Science: Children of Chernobyl, Hair Loss Light Therapy, And More! <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/RedLightTherapy.jpg"/>Our weekly science news roundup.

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This Week in Science: Children of Chernobyl, Hair Loss Light Therapy, And More!

This week in science: the generational effects of nuclear radiation discovered in the children of Chernobyl cleanup workers; simple habits that cou...

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Scientist Reveals The Best Shoes to Wear While Lifting Weights <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/weightlifting-shoes.jpg" alt="Scientist Reveals The Best Shoes to Wear While Lifting Weights"/>It does matter.

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Scientist Reveals The Best Shoes to Wear While Lifting Weights

If you go to the gym often, you might have been told you shouldn&#039;t lift weights in runners.