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Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer's <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/cancer_signals_alzheimers_header.jpg" alt="illustration of cancer cells"/>Wait, what?

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Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer&#039;s

Cancer and Alzheimer&#039;s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

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US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/young_and_old_hand_header.jpg" alt="baby's hand touching an older hand"/>“It’s pretty much good news all the way around.”

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US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing

NEW YORK (AP) – US life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history.

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Fierce Storms Expose 19th-Century Maritime Mystery on Jersey Shore <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/jersey_shipwreck_alt_header.jpg" alt="A yellow arrow at the right of image is pointing to a shipwreck in the center, on a sandy beach"/>It was there all along.

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Fierce Storms Expose 19th-Century Maritime Mystery on Jersey Shore

The powerful storms battering the Jersey Shore this winter have revealed the ruins of an old wooden ship buried beneath sea and sand for nearly 140...

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A 'Bomb Cyclone' Could Slam The US East This Weekend <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/Bomb-Cyclone-Cloud-Map-Pacific-NW-Render.jpg" alt="A 'Bomb Cyclone' Could Slam The US East This Weekend"/>“We're going into a brutally cold period.”

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A &#039;Bomb Cyclone&#039; Could Slam The US East This Weekend

HOUSTON (AP) – Winter&#039;s brutal grip on the US East is not letting up, with the coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will pl...

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A Cheap Daily Supplement May Have Surprising Health Benefits For Women <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/03/Hand-holding-2-white-capsule-pills-in-sunlight.jpg" alt="Close up of a hand holding 2 white capsule pills in sunlight, black background"/>Here's what the research shows.

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A Cheap Daily Supplement May Have Surprising Health Benefits For Women

Creatine is one of the most popular sports supplements out there.

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Did Edison Make a 'Wonder Material' 125 Years Before Its Official Creation? <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/Edison-bulb.jpg"/>A light bulb moment.

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Did Edison Make a &#039;Wonder Material&#039; 125 Years Before Its Official Creation?

Inventor Thomas Edison is known for being ahead of his time, and a new study could add another notch to his overachieving belt.

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Major Study Links Being a Night Owl to Higher Heart Attack And Stroke Risk <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/CloseUpAwakeEyeInDark-1200x675.jpg" alt="close up of wide awake eye in dark"/>Here's how to mitigate it.

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Major Study Links Being a Night Owl to Higher Heart Attack And Stroke Risk

WASHINGTON (AP) – Being a night owl can be bad for your heart.

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Astronomers Detect Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies With New AI Tool <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/CosmicAnomaliesCover2026.jpg" alt="A six part collage of strange astronomical objects"/>Hubble has been hiding 800 never-before-seen oddities.

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Astronomers Detect Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies With New AI Tool

Using a powerful AI tool, astronomers have combed through vast troves of data from NASA&#039;s Hubble and found over 1,300 cosmic anomalies, more t...

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US Cancer Survival Has Reached a Milestone High of 70% <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/CancerSurvivorCanvaMAEFCLx3gm0-1200x675.jpg"/>"We can’t stop now. There is still much work to be done.”

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US Cancer Survival Has Reached a Milestone High of 70%

Cancer may be an inevitability of cell division and, therefore, life.

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10,000 Brain Scans Reveal Why Your Memory Gets Worse With Age <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/BrainDissolve.jpg" alt="Human brain dissolving into squares"/>There's a lot going on here.

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10,000 Brain Scans Reveal Why Your Memory Gets Worse With Age

Our episodic memory – the ability to recall past events and experiences – is known to decline as we age.

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Tiny Bubbles Help Cancer Invade New Organs – And May Be Key to Stopping It <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/Illustration-of-phospholipid-arrangements-in-a-liposome-1.jpg" alt="Cross section of a liposome showing bubble-like structures"/>Preventing metastasis would be huge.

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Tiny Bubbles Help Cancer Invade New Organs &ndash; And May Be Key to Stopping It

Cancer is transported from one organ to another by invisible bubbles.

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Nike Says Its New Shoes Can Alter Your Mind. A Neuroscientist Weighs in. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/Low-angle-view-of-man-running.jpg" alt="Low angle view of a man in a red t-shirt running, against a bright blue sky"/>"We're tapping into the brain-body connection in new ways."

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Nike Says Its New Shoes Can Alter Your Mind. A Neuroscientist Weighs in.

Athletic footwear has entered a new era of ambition.

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Scientists Identify 'Master Regulator' Behind Alzheimer's Problematic Proteins <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/BrainWiring.jpg" alt="A digitally generated image of a brain"/>This may unlock new treatments.

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Scientists Identify &#039;Master Regulator&#039; Behind Alzheimer&#039;s Problematic Proteins

An enzyme known to regulate inflammation throughout the body has now been found to also act as a master switch for genes associated with neurodegen...

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Bamboo Could Be The Next 'Superfood', But There's a Reason to Be Cautious <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/PandaBamboo.jpg" alt="A panda eating bamboo"/>Pandas might be onto something.

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Bamboo Could Be The Next &#039;Superfood&#039;, But There&#039;s a Reason to Be Cautious

Calling ingredients with multiple health benefits &#039;superfoods&#039; may be more of a marketing gimmick than a scientific category, but a recen...

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Gut Inflammation Link to Alzheimer's Disease Confirmed Once Again <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/3DRenderOfIntestinesVilliAndMicrobes_header.jpg" alt="3d render illustration of the gut with microbes"/>Not just a brain disease.

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Gut Inflammation Link to Alzheimer&#039;s Disease Confirmed Once Again

Researchers connecting pieces of the massive Alzheimer&#039;s puzzle are closer to slotting the next one in place, with yet another link between ou...

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Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/VitaminPoop.jpg" alt="Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule"/>Give it a go.

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Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule

How often a person poops has a surprising link to one vitamin in particular.

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Just 5 Minutes of Extra Activity Each Day Could Extend Your Life <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/feet_walking_header.jpg" alt="close up of a person's shoe as they walk down a road"/>Get moving.

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Just 5 Minutes of Extra Activity Each Day Could Extend Your Life

We know that physical exercise is good for our health and longevity, but new research shows how even the smallest differences in our daily habits ...

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430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity's Oldest Wooden Tools <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/worlds_oldest_tool_header.jpg" alt="stick with a yellow arrow"/>A rare find.

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430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity&#039;s Oldest Wooden Tools

NEW YORK (AP) – Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years.

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Scientists Found an Early Signal of Dementia Hidden in Terry Pratchett's Novels <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/TerryPratchettAuthor.jpg" alt="Terry Pratchett wearing a black top hat, gazing off to the left of the frame"/>Memory loss is only part of the story.

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Scientists Found an Early Signal of Dementia Hidden in Terry Pratchett&#039;s Novels

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic.

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Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/cuttle-coil.jpg" alt="Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds"/>And you thought flowers would cut it.

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Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but cuttlefish can do something ...