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ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/TEMOfVaricellaZosterVirus.jpg" alt="A reddish colored virus particle seen under a microscope"/>The possibilities!

Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds

Vaccines may do far more than prevent infections.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

Astronauts Reveal Critical Medical Tool Used in ISS Health Crisis <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/nasa_astronaut_med_evac_header.jpg" alt="Astronauts Reveal Critical Medical Tool Used in The Recent ISS Health Crisis"/>They said it was "super handy."

Astronauts Reveal Critical Medical Tool Used in ISS Health Crisis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

World's Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior, Study Suggests <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/PanadolInBlisterPack-5.jpg" alt="White tablets in a blister pack"/>Wait, what?

World's Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior, Study Suggests

The most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than just pain relief.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

A Deep Sea Expedition Will Soon Confirm if 'Dark Oxygen' Exists <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/DarkBubblesInOceanLitFromAbove.jpg" alt="Dark bubbles rising in blue water towards a surface light"/>It could change our understanding of life’s origins.

A Deep Sea Expedition Will Soon Confirm if 'Dark Oxygen' Exists

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rock...

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Air Pollution Linked to Higher ALS Risk And Faster Decline <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/DualExhaustPipesOfACarThermalInfraredEffect.jpg" alt="Two exhaust pipes of a car, with a thermal infrared effect"/>Up to 30% increased risk.

Air Pollution Linked to Higher ALS Risk And Faster Decline

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neurone disease, for 55 years.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

A 'Hidden' Metabolic Disorder May Not Show Up on Your Scale, Researchers Say <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/WeightScales.jpg" alt="Close-up of bare feet stepping onto a digital scale"/>Beyond BMI.

A 'Hidden' Metabolic Disorder May Not Show Up on Your Scale, Researchers Say

A metric that looks beyond height and weight to underlying biological markers of metabolic health is providing revised estimates of disease risk.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

World Now in a State of 'Global Water Bankruptcy', New UN Report Warns <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/hands_under_dripping_tap_header.jpg" alt="hands under a dripping tap"/>Is it too late?

World Now in a State of 'Global Water Bankruptcy', New UN Report Warns

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes, and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a Unite...

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

Gigantic Wave in The Pacific Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/RogueWave2026-2-1.gif" alt="A yellow dot representing a buoy is carried by a large simulated wave"/>Terrifying stuff.

Gigantic Wave in The Pacific Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

The Secret to Amazing Coffee May Lie Deep Inside Elephants <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/coffee.jpg" alt="The Secret to Amazing Coffee May Lie Deep Inside Elephants"/>Yummo.

The Secret to Amazing Coffee May Lie Deep Inside Elephants

The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth's largest land animals.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 0 months ago

Something About Brazil's Oldest People May Reveal Missing Clues on Longevity <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/elderly_persons_hand_header.jpg" alt="elderly person's hand being held by a younger person"/>Defying death is complicated.

Something About Brazil's Oldest People May Reveal Missing Clues on Longevity

No one can evade death forever, but some people are mysteriously good at it.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

Cutting Gluten Can Lead to Weight Loss, But Not For The Reason You'd Think <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/SayingNoToGlutenInPretzels.jpg" alt="Person's hands raised in front of a plate of pretzels, as if to decline the offer"/>Forget what Matt Damon says.

Cutting Gluten Can Lead to Weight Loss, But Not For The Reason You'd Think

When Matt Damon recently credited his weight loss to going gluten-free, it reignited a familiar debate about this divisive dietary approach.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

One Change to Your Reading Habit Fights Stress And Misinformation <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/person_reading_header.jpg" alt="man reading a book"/>Go deeper.

One Change to Your Reading Habit Fights Stress And Misinformation

The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of people admitting they&#039...

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

A Single Molecule May Explain How Blood Flow in The Brain Triggers Dementia <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/BrainScan.jpg" alt="Brain image"/>Better treatments could follow.

A Single Molecule May Explain How Blood Flow in The Brain Triggers Dementia

Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and scientists have just ident...

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

A Common Pain Relief Drug Could 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.

A Common Pain Relief Drug Could Have Anti-Cancer Properties

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

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

Jupiter's And Saturn's Distinct Polar Storms Could Reveal What Hides Within <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/saturn-eye.jpg" alt="Jupiter's And Saturn's Distinct Polar Storms Could Reveal What Hides Within"/>Deep differences.

Polar Storms on Jupiter And Saturn Reveal Deep Atmospheric Differences

The two largest planets in the Solar System – Jupiter and Saturn – have a lot in common.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

Exercise 'Snacks' Throughout Your Day Have Real Health Benefits, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/ManInHomeOfficeStretchingAtWorkDesk.jpg" alt="Man in yellow shirt at work desk, stretching arms overhead"/>Squeeze them in.

Exercise 'Snacks' Throughout Your Day Have Real Health Benefits, Study Finds

Your fitness tracker might be telling you that you need 10,000 steps, 30 minutes of cardio or even an hour at the gym every day.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10% <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/BlockingReproduction.jpg"/>What's happening?

Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10%

A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average of 10 percent.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/tylenol_asd_header.jpg" alt="pregnant woman holding pill in her hand"/>It is safe and effective.

Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism

If you've been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

NASA's Giant New Moon Rocket Is Finally on The Launch Pad <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/NASAArtemisRocketLaunchpad-1200x675.jpg" alt="A giant NASA rocket against a bright blue sky"/>Humans are about to fly past the Moon again for the first time in 50 years.

NASA's Giant New Moon Rocket Is Finally on The Launch Pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

ScienceAlert (RSS Feed) 1 month ago

The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old <img width="929" height="523" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/pitch-drop-lab-experiment.jpg" alt="pitch drop lab experiment"/>And it's still going.

The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old

Sometimes science can be painfully slow.

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