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Spain is poised to go fully-renewable by 2050
Está bien!
Fish oil doesn’t really do anything, new study suggests
Researchers say the chance of getting any meaningful benefit from taking omega-3 is one in 1,000.
Killer whales display personality traits such as playfulness, cheerfulness and affection — just like humans or chimps
They are really smart creatures.
Coffee or tea? The answer might lie in your genes
So, which one is your favorite?
Many Americans suffer from “social jet lag”, new social media study shows
Social media is more impactful than you might think.
Orangutans can ‘talk’ about the past and the future, study suggests
We used to believe this is a human-only perk.
New tech transforms human poop into clean biofuel
Sanitation and energy generation in one go.
Rainforest plant may treat pancreatic cancer through ‘antiausterity’ properties
Cool, now we need to find one for the economy, too!
Chinese archaeologists discover evidence of skull surgery in ancient, sophisticated hospital
It’s an important finding, from one of China’s richest archaeological sites.
What causes Blood Moons? The same thing that makes skies blue
Spooky!
Italian supervolcano might restart eruption cycle, new study concludes
There’s no reason to panic, researchers stress.
Dry irony: first rain in centuries causes extinction of Atacama Desert microbes
This also means that resurfaced liquid water on Mars might kill any hypothetical surviving microbes.
This stunning medieval book has 6 bindings — and is essentially 6 different books
It’s jaw-droppingly beautiful.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than it was supposed to.
Scientists find huge 19-mile impact crater under Greenland’s ice sheet
A meteorite might have slammed into the island as early as 12,000 years ago.
The science behind why leaves change color in autumn
What makes the rainbow of colours?
Pain, the self-fulfilling prophecy: When we expect something to hurt, it does
Mind over body.
How people use music as a sleeping aid
Music is free and doesn’t have negative side effects, unlike sleeping aid drugs.
Scientists zoom in on blood test for cancer
The test is quick and almost painless.