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Our Brains Evolved Powerful Mechanisms To Protect Our Weight <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Brain-is-wired-to-keep-fat-.jpg" alt="person standing on a set of scales"/>We evolved to 'remember' times of plenty.

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Our Brains Evolved Powerful Mechanisms To Protect Our Weight

For decades, we&#039;ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more.

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Scientists Discover a Viral Cause of One of The Most Common Cancers <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/HPV-can-cause-skin-cancer.jpg" alt="illustration of a human papillomavirus"/>Here's how it hijacks DNA.

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Scientists Discover a Viral Cause of One of The Most Common Cancers

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought.

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Mysterious Streaks on The Slopes of Mars Might Finally Be Solved <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/streaks-on-Mars-.jpg" alt="Black streaks across a reddish surface"/>Here’s the verdict.

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Mysterious Streaks on The Slopes of Mars Might Finally Be Solved

Streaks that form on the slopes of Mars, also known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), are a common feature on Mars.

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Toxic 'Hammerhead Worm' Is Invading Texas, Triggering Warnings <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/DiversibipaliumMultilineatumGiantPredatoryFlatwormCover.jpg" alt="A flat brown worm with a 'hammerhead'"/>"Don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up."

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Toxic &#039;Hammerhead Worm&#039; Is Invading Texas, Triggering Warnings

"Don&#039;t kill it, don&#039;t squish it, don&#039;t cut it up," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned residents via NBC as a toxic fla...

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Scientists Discover Mysterious Signs of Life in Bizarre Blue Volcanic Goo <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/BizarreBlueSedimentCoreVolcanoNearMarianaTrench.jpg" alt="Scientists Discover Mysterious Signs of Life in Bizarre Blue Volcanic Goo"/>Unexpected life found where you would burn.

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Scientists Discover Mysterious Signs of Life in Bizarre Blue Volcanic Goo

Unexpected biosignatures found in a startlingly blue volcanic goo beneath the Pacific Ocean may offer clues to life&#039;s origins.

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FDA Recalls Common Blood Pressure Drug For Cancer-Causing Chemicals <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/A-woman-holding-and-picking-white-medicine-capsules-in-hand.jpg" alt="Closeup image of a woman holding and picking white medicine capsules in hand"/>Here's what we know.

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FDA Recalls Common Blood Pressure Drug Over Cancer-Causing Chemicals

A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it conta...

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Dead Star's Last Meal Reveals What Alien Planets Are Really Made Of <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/white_dwarf_destroys_planet_header.jpg" alt="star surrounded by rings of rock"/>A chilling look at what could occur in our own Solar System.

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Scientists Reveal a Chilling Glimpse of The Sun&#039;s Future Death

What&#039;s the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its star, of course! A...

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James Watson, Central But Controversial DNA Pioneer, Dies at 97 <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/James-Watson-And-a-Double-Helix.jpg" alt="Photo of an elderly man in front of a DNA double helix"/>"Extraordinary contributions."

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James Watson, Central But Controversial DNA Pioneer, Dies at 97

James Watson – the Nobel laureate co-credited with the discovery of DNA&#039;s double-helix structure, but whose reputation was tainted by his r...

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We May Finally Know The Purpose of 5,200 Mystery Holes in Peru <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/hole-header.jpg" alt="We May Finally Know The Purpose of 5,200 Mystery Holes in Peru"/>The architects are not who we thought.

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We May Finally Know The Purpose of 5,200 Mystery Holes in Peru

Hundreds of years ago, someone took great pains to carve thousands of holes into a long ridge-top strip in the Andean foothills.

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We May Finally Understand Why Birds Burst Into Song at Dawn <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/zebra-finch-cover.jpg" alt="zebra finch on a branch with leafy green background"/>They've been waiting all night.

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We May Finally Understand Why Birds Burst Into Song at Dawn

Dawn is beckoned by choruses of birds all around the world, but we still don&#039;t understand why our avian neighbours insist on such a morning ru...

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Can Narcissism Be Treated? Here's What The Science Says <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/NarcissismCanBeTreatedButItsNotEasy.jpg"/>It takes great care and patience.

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Can Narcissism Be Treated? Here&#039;s What The Science Says

Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you.

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Dolphins Spotted Wearing Sea Sponge Hats to Try Woo The Ladies <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/AustralianHumpbackDolphinWearingSpongeHat.jpg" alt="Dolphins Spotted Wearing Sea Sponge Hats to Try Woo The Ladies"/>They think they're so handsome.

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Dolphins Spotted Wearing Sea Sponge Hats to Try to Woo The Ladies

Last year, orcas sashayed into the world of fashion with dead salmon hats.

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Pain Drugs Could Be The Cause of Your Headaches. Here's Why. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Tablet-fizzing-in-glass-of-water-.jpg" alt="Tablet in glass with water on a black background"/>It’s important to be aware of this.

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Pain Drugs Could Be The Cause of Your Headaches. Here&#039;s Why.

It seems contradictory: the pills you&#039;re taking for headaches might actually be perpetuating them.

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Mysterious Ritual Site From 5,500 Years Ago Reveals an Ancient Society in Upheaval <img width="1024" height="415" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/dolmen1100x600.jpg" alt="dolmen or portal tomb"/>Something very big happened here.

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Mysterious Ritual Site From 5,500 Years Ago Reveals an Ancient Society in Upheaval

The dawn of the Bronze Age was a tumultuous time for many human societies, as the social order of the preceding Copper Age fell apart.

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A Neuroscientist Reveals How Beauty Ideals Are Rewiring Your Brain <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/brain-synapse-connection.jpg" alt="brain synapse connection"/>But there's a way to stop it.

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A Neuroscientist Reveals How Beauty Ideals Are Rewiring Your Brain

Beauty standards have always evolved, but in today&#039;s social media age, they shift at lightning speed.

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Human Arms Keep Growing an Extra Artery, Showing We're Still Evolving <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/arm_with_arrow_header.jpg" alt="human arm with an arrow pointing at its mid section"/>Evolution is a mysterious thing.

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Human Arms Keep Growing an Extra Artery, Showing We&#039;re Still Evolving

Picturing how our species might appear in the far future can invite wild speculation over standout features such as height, brain size, and skin co...

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Dentists Could Soon 'Regrow' Your Tooth Enamel With a Simple Gel <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Transparent-cross-section-of-tooth.jpg" alt="Transparent cross section of a molar tooth showing the pulp chamber in orange"/>It's easy and quick to apply.

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Dentists Could Soon &#039;Regrow&#039; Your Tooth Enamel With a Simple Gel

You won&#039;t find visits to the dentist at the top of most people&#039;s lists of fun activities, but check-ups could be made easier by a gel tha...

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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers' <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Extreme-close-up-of-Octopus-eye-and-skin-.jpg" alt="Extreme close up of Octopus eye and skin texture, macro underwater photography"/>Scaling up cephalopod-style camouflage.

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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus &#039;Superpowers&#039;

Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the backg...

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Using Tobacco With Cannabis Is Tied to Unique Brain Changes, Small Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/SmokingCigarettes.jpg" alt="Using Tobacco With Cannabis Is Tied to Unique Brain Changes, Small Study Finds"/>With possible effects on mental health.

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Using Tobacco With Cannabis Is Tied to Unique Brain Changes, Small Study Finds

A preliminary investigation has found that those who use tobacco with cannabis show unique changes to their brain chemistry.

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Giant Analysis Reveals The Deadliest Risks of Tropical Cyclones <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Hurricane-satellite-view.jpg" alt="Giant Analysis Reveals The Deadliest Risks of Tropical Cyclones"/>To reduce future impacts, we need to look beyond the obvious.

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Giant Analysis Reveals The Deadliest Risks of Tropical Cyclones

Tropical cyclones – also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity – are among the world&#039;s most d...