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Simple Blood Test Can Predict Dementia Risk in Women Decades Before Symptoms <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/blood-test-slide.jpg" alt="Pipetting a blood drop on a slide"/>An 'especially promising' step forward.

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Simple Blood Test Can Predict Dementia Risk in Women Decades Before Symptoms

Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample coul...

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Largest-Ever Radio Map of The Sky Reveals 13.7 Million Hidden Objects <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/the-variety-of-shapes-that-can-result-from-the-activity-of-the-black-holes-and-their-interaction-with-the-environment.jpg" alt="Colorful blobs in space"/>The Universe looks wildly different.

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Largest-Ever Radio Map of The Sky Reveals 13.7 Million Hidden Objects

Our view of the cosmos changes completely based on how we observe it.

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Most Energetic Ghost Particle Ever Seen May Have Come From Black Hole Jets <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/Artists-impression-of-a-blazar-galaxy.jpg" alt="Most Energetic Ghost Particle Ever Seen May Have Come From Black Hole Jets"/>The signal stopped physicists in their tracks.

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Most Energetic Ghost Particle Ever Seen May Have Come From Black Hole Jets

Imagine catching a single raindrop and realising it fell from a storm on the other side of the Universe.

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Ravens Don't Just Follow Wolves – They Memorize Kill Sites Across Vast Distances <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/Two-ravens-soar-above-wolves-heading-to-a-kill-site-in-Yellowstone.jpg" alt="Two ravens soar above a wolf pack heading across snow to a kill site in Yellowstone"/>"We've underestimated them."

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Ravens Don&#039;t Just Follow Wolves &ndash; They Memorize Kill Sites Across Vast Distances

The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology – Odin&#039;s birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god&#039;s canines, ...

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A Simple Drink Choice Helps Gamers Stay Focused For Hours, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/GamerFocusedWithBottleInMouth.jpg" alt="Closeup concentrated male gamer esportsman sucking plastic bottle and watching replay"/>A healthier way to game for longer?

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A Simple Drink Choice Helps Gamers Stay Focused For Hours, Study Finds

A new study of esports gamers has found that sparkling water could be better than still water if you want to maintain concentration and alertness o...

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Major Study Finds IVF Not Linked to Cancer Risk, But There's a Catch <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/Microscopic-research-or-IVF-concept.jpg" alt="A microscope over cells, depicting IVF"/>Here's what to know.

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Major Study Finds IVF Not Linked to Cancer Risk, But There&#039;s a Catch

Since fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) began, there has been concern they could cause cancer.

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NASA Spacecraft Crashes Back to Earth in Uncontrolled Reentry <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/VanAllenProbeEarth.jpg" alt="NASA Spacecraft Crashes Back to Earth in Uncontrolled Reentry"/>Solar activity hastened its demise.

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NASA Spacecraft Crashes Back to Earth in Uncontrolled Reentry

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Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Illustration-of-osteoporotic-bone-2025-2.jpg" alt="Osteoporotic bone, computer artwork"/>A potential treatment for millions.

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Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis

Research points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.

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One Key Protein Could Be a Powerful New Target Against Malaria <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/Anopheles-stephensi-mosquito-1.jpeg" alt="Anopheles stephensi mosquito"/>Our ancient nemesis has a weakness.

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One Key Protein Could Be a Powerful New Target Against Malaria

Malaria killed about 610,000 people globally in 2024, with most deaths occurring in Africa, where young children remain the most vulnerable.

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We Finally Know How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater For Days <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/delicious-pollens.jpg" alt="We Finally Know How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater For Days"/>Breathe through it.

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We Finally Know How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater For Days

The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water stunned scientists back in 2024.

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Hidden Crotch Detail Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Vitruvian-Man-Painting.jpg" alt="A photo of artwork depicting the Vitruvian Man"/>Hiding in plain sight for centuries!

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Hidden Crotch Detail Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time.

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Brain 'Stretching' Is The Secret to Protecting Your Mind From Dementia <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/brain_stretching_header.jpg" alt="woman looking at art"/>“It’s not just one activity."

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Brain &#039;Stretching&#039; Is The Secret to Protecting Your Mind From Dementia

WASHINGTON (AP) – "Exercise your brain," experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia.

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Elderly Poop Transplants Had a Surprising Effect on Young Mouse Ovaries <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/PoopTransplant.jpg" alt="Elderly Poop Transplants Had a Surprising Effect on Young Mouse Ovaries"/>So many questions.

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Elderly Poop Transplants Had a Surprising Effect on Young Mouse Ovaries

Young poop, like young blood, is making headlines for its potential to reverse age-related decline in mice.

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'Ideal Glass' That Behaves Like a Crystal May Be Possible After All <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/LightGlass.jpg" alt="Abstract curve glass geometry background"/>"We can construct it."

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&#039;Ideal Glass&#039; That Behaves Like a Crystal May Be Possible After All

Physicists in the US say they have created a simulation that, for the first time, demonstrates "ideal glass" is possible, resolving a decades-old ...

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Stem Cell Treatments For Parkinson's And Heart Failure Approved in World First <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/abstract_stem_cells_header.jpg" alt="abstract illustration of stem cells against a black background"/>Could be on the market as early as this summer.

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Stem Cell Treatments For Parkinson&#039;s And Heart Failure Approved in World First

Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson&#039;s and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports s...

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Daylight Saving Could Harm Your Health. Here's How to Adjust. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/Man-looking-very-sleepy-and-dishevelled-.jpg" alt="A middle-aged man with messy hair, looking tired"/>Many already struggle with sleep.

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Daylight Saving Could Harm Your Health. Here&#039;s How to Adjust.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Most of America &#039;springs forward&#039; for daylight saving time.

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Popular Anti-Aging Supplement May Fuel Cancer Growth – Here's Why <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/CancerCell.jpg" alt="Cancer cell 3D render"/>A tale of two proteins.

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Popular Anti-Aging Supplement May Fuel Cancer Growth &ndash; Here&#039;s Why

A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side.

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Expert Reveals 3 Simple Ways to Stop Constant Sounds Hijacking Your Brain <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/BrainAndBrainWavesIllustration2026.jpg" alt="Illustration of a brain in blue and yellow, with purple waves overlaid across it"/>Redesign your soundscape before it designs you.

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Expert Reveals 3 Simple Ways to Stop Constant Sounds Hijacking Your Brain

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.

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Think Your Metabolism Runs Fast? The Science May Surprise You <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/woman_eating_donut_header.jpg" alt="woman eating a pink donut"/>There are a number of factors to consider.

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Think Your Metabolism Runs Fast? The Science May Surprise You

Have you ever heard someone claim they have a &#039;fast metabolism&#039;? This typically means they can eat whatever they want without gaining wei...

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This 'Hyperarid' Desert Is Transforming Into a Carbon Sink. Here's Why. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/DesertTrees.jpg" alt="Taklamakan Desert afforestation"/>This really works.

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This &#039;Hyperarid&#039; Desert Is Transforming Into a Carbon Sink. Here&#039;s Why.

One of the driest regions in the world is being transformed into a carbon sink through a long-term, large-scale tree planting program, absorbing mo...