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Alzheimer's And Cancer May Soon Be Treated With Sounds We Can't Hear <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/sound_waves_brain_header.jpg" alt="sound waves inside a brain"/>Clinical trials are underway.

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Alzheimer&#039;s And Cancer May Soon Be Treated With Sounds We Can&#039;t Hear

Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical care.

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Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Smelling-Half-An-Orange-.jpg" alt="A woman holding a cut orange up to her nose"/>Here's how.

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Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It

The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt across the world, but some consequences are more noticeable than others.

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Scientists Solved Chicago's 'Rat Hole' Mystery, And The Culprit Is Adorable <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/splatatouille.jpg" alt="Scientists Solved Chicago's 'Rat Hole' Mystery, And The Culprit Is Adorable"/>The mistaken identity of Splatatouille.

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Scientists Solved Chicago&#039;s &#039;Rat Hole&#039; Mystery, And The Culprit Is Adorable

The identity of the miscreant responsible for a rodent-shaped hole in a Chicago sidewalk is not the beastie everyone thought it was.

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A Common Pain Relief Drug May Have Anti-Cancer Properties <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/white_pill_blister_pack_header.jpg" alt="white pill in a hand"/>Here's what we know.

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A Common Pain Relief Drug May Have Anti-Cancer Properties

Ibuprofen is a household name – the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain.

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Cancer Vaccine Blocks Multiple Tumors in Mice For 250 Days <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/CancerCellsSEMPurpleYellow.jpg" alt="Cancer Vaccine Blocks Multiple Tumors in Mice For 250 Days"/>This could be a major breakthrough.

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Cancer Vaccine Blocks Multiple Tumors in Mice For 250 Days

A new vaccine can effectively prevent multiple types of cancer, with up to 88 percent efficacy for some forms of tumor in mouse tests.

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Just a Few Minutes of Daily Activity Can Boost Your Metabolism, Study Reveals <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Woman-Jumping-In-Front-of-Red-Wall.jpg" alt="A brunette woman dressed in summer clothing jumping into the air, in front of a red wall"/>Every little step counts.

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Just a Few Minutes of Daily Activity Can Boost Your Metabolism, Study Reveals

A boost to the metabolism can be a walk in the park.

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Award-Winning Images Reveal Our Smallest Realms of Life in Epic Detail <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Jumping-Spider-Nikon-Small-World.jpg" alt="A spider with its legs curled underneath its body is displayed on a black background."/>Awe-inspiring!

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Award-Winning Images Reveal Our Smallest Realms of Life in Epic Detail

An astoundingly detailed weevil on a single grain of rice takes first place in 2025&#039;s Nikon Small World photomicrography competition.

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Misophonia Linked to Difficulty in Switching Emotional Focus <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/misophonia_switch_header.jpg" alt="woman slurping noodles"/>Does chewing enrage you?

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Misophonia Linked to Difficulty in Switching Emotional Focus

Hearing involves more than just the ears – it&#039;s intimately connected to how we think and feel.

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Breakthrough: Scientists Create 'Universal' Kidney To Match Any Blood Type <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Universal-Kidney.jpg" alt="Close up of a kidney in the lab"/>"The first time we've seen this play out in a human model."

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Breakthrough: Scientists Create &#039;Universal&#039; Kidney To Match Any Blood Type

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney organ transplants: being able to transfer kidneys from don...

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Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For Coffee Ground Waste <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/CoffeeGroundsInTampWithRoastedBeans.jpg" alt="Coffee grounds in a tamp above roasted beans"/>We shouldn't throw it out.

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Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For Coffee Ground Waste

Charred coffee grounds could make concrete up to 30 percent stronger, scientists in Australia found.

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Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Preserving Fossils in Stunning Detail <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/fossil-spider.png" alt="Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Preserving Fossils in Stunning Detail"/>Rewriting the rules on where we should look for fossils.

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Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Preserving Fossils in Stunning Detail

Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia&#039;s most extraordinary fossil sites – McGraths Flat.

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Lifting Weights Could Change Your Gut Microbiome Within Weeks <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/weightlifting-woman-tattoos.jpg" alt="Lifting Weights Could Change Your Gut Microbiome Within Weeks"/>Building your body from the inside out.

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Lifting Weights Could Change Your Gut Microbiome Within Weeks

Lifting weights just two or three times a week can significantly change the trillions of bacteria living in your gut, and it might happen in as lit...

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New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Brain-plaque.jpg" alt="New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours"/>Opening gates to the brain.

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New Alzheimer&#039;s Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours

Scientists have repaired a natural gateway into the brains of mice, allowing the clumps and tangles associated with Alzheimer&#039;s disease to be ...

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Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/autism-not-1-cause.jpg" alt="Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds"/>"There is no one cause of autism."

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Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds

New research suggests that those diagnosed with autism in late childhood,  adolescence, or young adulthood are more likely to have a different typ...

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The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/awake_past_midnight_header.jpg" alt="The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn"/>Dangerous things can happen.

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The Human Mind Isn&#039;t Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn

In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place.

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Natural Sweetener Boosts a Common Treatment For Hair Loss, Study Reveals <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/sweetener_hair_loss_header.jpg" alt="man treating hair loss"/>A sweet deal.

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Natural Sweetener Boosts a Common Treatment For Hair Loss, Study Reveals

A leading treatment for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) – the classic pattern hair loss – could be made more effective with the clever addition of ...

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A 'Heartbeat Budget' Could Help Keep Track of Your Health, Study Suggests <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/heartbeat_budget_header-1.jpg" alt="woman taking pulse"/>A time to save, a time to spend.

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A &#039;Heartbeat Budget&#039; Could Help Keep Track of Your Health, Study Suggests

Imagine if your smartwatch didn&#039;t just tell you how many steps you&#039;ve walked or calories you&#039;ve burned, but how many heartbeats you&...

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Some Dogs Are So Ball-Obsessed, It Could Mirror Human Addiction <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/dog_chewing_ball_header.jpg" alt="dog with ball"/>Mine.

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Some Dogs Are So Ball-Obsessed, It Could Mirror Human Addiction

A human&#039;s best friend is a dog, but that&#039;s not always reciprocated.

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JWST May Have The Best Evidence Yet of a Bizarre 'Dark Star' <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/dark_star_header.jpg" alt="dark sun"/>Not as contradictory as it sounds.

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JWST May Have The Best Evidence Yet of a Bizarre &#039;Dark Star&#039;

JWST might have spotted the &#039;smoking gun&#039; of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe.

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Restless Legs Treatment Slashes Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/restless_legs_pd_header.jpg" alt="pair of feet"/>A surprising link.

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Restless Legs Treatment Slashes Increased Risk of Parkinson&#039;s Disease

A condition that compels people to move their legs could indicate they have a greater chance of developing Parkinson&#039;s disease.