We're way behind several species when it comes to regeneration, and scientists are keen to discover the secrets of these ...

Imagine it's Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you've got to rally.

With COVID in retreat (thanks to highly effective vaccines), the three infectious diseases causing public health officials ...

Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so heavily populated with the predators that nearby Dyer Island is considered ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates life expectancy in the US is now higher than at ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto. In a study published in 2023, ...

The large size (for an embryo) and hollowed-out middle of each fossil is indicative that each of these embryos once fed upon ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and ...

Regular ScienceAlert readers will likely know how pervasive microplastics are – getting into human tissue, ancient rock, and ...

A quantum state of light has been successfully teleported through more than 30 kilometers (around 18 miles) of fiber optic ...

The mystery of dark matter could be solved in as little as 10 seconds. When the next nearby supernova goes off, any gamma-ray ...

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft, with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures topping 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit ...