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Giant Gravity Anomaly Under Antarctica Is Getting Stronger, Scientists Reveal <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/geoid-anomaly.jpg" alt="Giant Gravity Anomaly Under Antarctica Is Getting Stronger, Scientists Reveal"/>Drums in the deep.

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Giant Gravity Anomaly Under Antarctica Is Getting Stronger, Scientists Reveal

Although Earth is approximately spherical, its gravity field doesn&#039;t adhere to the same geometry.

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Scientists Want to Intercept Cancer Decades Before It Develops. Here's How. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/CancerCellBeingEngulfedByAMacrophage.jpg" alt="Creamy colored macrophage attacking a blue cancer cell, illustration"/>It's a radical plan, but regulators say proceed carefully.

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Scientists Want to Intercept Cancer Decades Before It Develops. Here&#039;s How.

Cancer treatment follows a familiar pattern: Doctors spot symptoms, diagnose the disease, and start treatment.

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Surprise Shark Caught on Camera in an Unexpected Place <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Antarctic-shark.jpg" alt="Surprise Shark Caught on Camera in an Unexpected Place"/>“And it’s not even a little one either. It’s a hunk of a shark.”

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Surprise Shark Caught on Camera in an Unexpected Place

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun&#039;s rays to illum...

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NASA Restarts Countdown After Fixing Hydrogen Leaks on Its Moon Rocket <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Full-Moon-over-NASAs-SLS-and-Orion.jpg" alt="A full moon looking huge, directly behind NASA's SLS and Origin"/>Artemis II astronauts are watching from afar.

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NASA Restarts Countdown After Fixing Hydrogen Leaks on Its Moon Rocket

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Beating 'Heart-on-a-Chip' Could Help Fight The World's Leading Cause of Death <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HeartDish.jpg" alt="Beating 'Heart-on-a-Chip' Could Help Fight The World's Leading Cause of Death"/>Hearts-on-a-chip can revolutionize heart health.

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Beating &#039;Heart-on-a-Chip&#039; Could Help Fight The World&#039;s Leading Cause of Death

Scientists have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world&#039;s leading...

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Do Positive Affirmations Really Work? A Psychologist Explains The Science <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Affirmations.jpg"/>There are some risks.

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Do Positive Affirmations Really Work? A Psychologist Explains The Science

Scroll through social media and you&#039;ll quickly encounter phrases like "I am worthy" or "I choose happiness".

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New Light Therapy Can Suppress a Key Marker of Hair Loss by 92% <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/RedLightTherapy.jpg"/>A new solution emerges.

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New Light Therapy Can Suppress a Key Marker of Hair Loss by 92%

Scientists in Korea are developing a comfortable light therapy hat that they hope will help with hair loss and growth.

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Common Diabetes Drug Linked With 'Exceptional Longevity' in Women <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Shot-of-an-unrecognizable-person-taking-tablets-at-home.jpg" alt="hand holding a pill, with another pill pouring from an orange prescription jar"/>Hidden anti-aging powers?

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Common Diabetes Drug Linked With &#039;Exceptional Longevity&#039; in Women

Not only can the drug metformin help to effectively manage type 2 diabetes, but it may also give older women a better chance of living to the grand...

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The Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer's Is Now Clearer Than Ever <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/PollutionArea.jpg" alt="Aerial view of German industrial area"/>The air we breathe is harming us.

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The Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer&#039;s Is Now Clearer Than Ever

Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than harming our lungs.

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First-of-Its-Kind Map of Alzheimer's Reveals Hidden Gene Activity <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/DNAHelix.jpg" alt="DNA visualisation"/>It suggests where to target treatments, and why.

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First-of-Its-Kind Map of Alzheimer&#039;s Reveals Hidden Gene Activity

A new Alzheimer&#039;s study has produced a first-of-its-kind genetic map, which could provide vital insights into the cause-and-effect sequences o...

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Bacteria Frozen For 5,000 Years Could Fight Superbugs, But There's a Catch <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/IceCorridor.jpg" alt="Frozen ice cave"/>Yikes.

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Bacteria Frozen For 5,000 Years Could Fight Superbugs, But There&#039;s a Catch

Bacteria extracted from 5,000-year-old ice in the Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania could help us fight superbugs, new research shows – if it does...

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Can You Really Feel The Cold 'In Your Bones'? An Anatomy Scientist Explains <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/winter_cold_header.jpg" alt="woman outside in winter blowing her nose"/>Time to rug up again.

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Can You Really Feel The Cold &#039;In Your Bones&#039;? An Anatomy Scientist Explains

Another cold snap is approaching.

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Should Weight-Loss Drug Users Take Supplements? An Expert Explains <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/KnifeAndForkCuttingACapsule.jpg" alt="Knife and fork pretending to cut into a green capsule"/>The key message is simple.

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Should Weight-Loss Drug Users Take Supplements? An Expert Explains

Weight-loss injections have rapidly moved from specialist clinics to social media feeds and high-street pharmacies.

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This Diet Change Cuts Over 300 Calories a Day, Without Decreasing Meal Size <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HealthyFoods.jpg" alt="Vegetables and fruit in a basket"/>Eat smarter.

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This Diet Change Cuts Over 300 Calories a Day, Without Decreasing Meal Size

With dieting, we usually think of smaller portions and periods of fasting, but new research shows that there is a way to stick to standard meal siz...

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Humans Used to Sleep Twice Each Night. Here's Why It Vanished. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/sleeping-woman.jpg" alt="sleeping woman"/>Sleep wasn't always like this.

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Humans Used to Sleep Twice Each Night. Here&#039;s Why It Vanished.

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and wonder if something&#03...

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Depression May Warn of Parkinson's or Dementia, Years Before Diagnosis <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/SeniorManLookingOutWindowWithSadness.jpg" alt="Older Man Standing by the Window Looking Outside"/>A red flag for neurodegeneration.

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Depression May Warn of Parkinson&#039;s or Dementia, Years Before Diagnosis

Researchers have found compelling evidence that depression points to the development of Parkinson&#039;s disease or Lewy body dementia later in lif...

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'Dream Engineering' Can Boost Your Puzzle-Solving, Study Suggests <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/SleepingWoman.jpg" alt="Woman in a flowing particle dress"/>The power of dreams.

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&#039;Dream Engineering&#039; Can Boost Your Puzzle-Solving, Study Suggests

We&#039;ve seen dream engineering in blockbuster movies like Christopher Nolan&#039;s Inception, and a new study shows that the science-fiction-sty...

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Sea Levels Are Rising Globally. Around Greenland, They're Projected to Fall. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ManFacingAnIcebergAtTheOcean.jpg" alt="A man stands facing away from viewer, looking at an ice block at the coastline"/>But why?

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Sea Levels Are Rising Globally. Around Greenland, They&#039;re Projected to Fall.

Around the world, sea levels are rising.

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Colorectal Cancer Is Rising in Young People. Here's How to Lower Your Risk. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/JamesvanDerBeek.jpg" alt="James van Der Beek"/>There's a lot you can do.

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Colorectal Cancer Is Rising in Young People. Here&#039;s How to Lower Your Risk.

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20.

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Four New Astronauts Arrive at ISS, Restoring a Full Crew For Research <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Crew-12-astronauts-ISS.jpg" alt="Four astronauts in white spacesuits walking out to board"/>"Let's get rolling.”

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Four New Astronauts Arrive at ISS, Restoring a Full Crew For Research

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