Category: 7. SciTech

A look at the dwarf planet Pluto and Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, baffled astronomers after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected a chemical signature on their surfaces that does not match any recorded in spectroscopic databases. Researchers believe this is not an instrument error,…

In case you missed it, last week the ScienceAlert team shared their favorite science facts for you to use as conversation starters over the 4th of July weekend.

We all enjoyed them so much we thought we’d ask you, our loyal readers, for your own go-to science facts to inspire family and…

Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure muscle, sharp eyes, agile reflexes, and crushing fanged jaws, lions are certainly not a predator most animals have any interest in messing with.

And yet, across thousands of recordings of wildlife on the…

Space is becoming the next frontier in longevity research.

A British startup just launched self-run chemical experiments into orbit, in the hopes zero-gravity data might shine a light on a group of disease-causing proteins too difficult to study on Earth. But first they need to check their…