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Greenland's ice sheet is poised to melt forever -- we have 600 years to stop it

Sounds like a long time, but we have our work cut out for ourselves.

Should you put your money and your head down on a bamboo pillow?

Pillows play an important role in our day to day lives -- but we often don't give them too much attention.

Even a localized nuclear war can alter the world's climate

The most important factor here, surprisingly, isn't the bombs -- but what they can set alight.

The Clean Air Act in the US saved 1.5 billion bird lives over the past 4 decades

Clean air is good news for everyone!

A new study on biomass fuel says smoke is more damaging to lungs than we assumed

Don't breathe in.

Ireland's first-ever dinosaur fossils confirmed

Geologically speaking, Ireland is not conducive to finding dinosaur fossils.

Two of Darwin's notebooks were lost, possibly stolen, around 20 years ago -- Cambridge University calls for public help

Now that's what I call delayed action!

Lockdowns shut whole economies down, but greenhouse gas levels are still rising

It worked for a time, but a more sustained effort is needed -- for our own sakes.

New species of glowing mushroom found growing on dead bamboo in India

Glowing is always in fashion.

Resistance is futile: what viruses are, and why we'll never 'beat' them

They’re the most successful group on the planet, and they’re not even alive.

How Galileo Galilei's discoveries helped create modern science

This was a man not afraid to stand and gaze into the heavens -- thankfully for us all.

Fossil Friday: ancient shark bones turn out to be the teeth of a new species of flying dinosaur

I mean, who hasn't this happened to, right?

Water could be a natural byproduct of rocky planets forming -- so it could be almost everywhere

This would be very helpful.

Warming climates make hurricanes more dangerous and longer-lasting over dry land, a new study explains

They are no longer confined to coastal areas, the authors explain.

We've discovered a new, adorable species in Myanmar -- it's already on the brink of extinction

But it’s so cute!

AI translates ancient cuneiform tablets

It should help us preserve these priceless texts for the future.

Could bacteria take up jobs mining in space? Turns out, they could

It's honest work.

Anti-COVID-19 measures could lead to large, delayed outbreaks of other diseases if we don't prepare

There never seems to be a shortage of diseases.

You're being duped with counterfeit wine -- but this machine-learning approach can save you

No more counterfeit wine for me! Probably.

"Harmony Square" is new a video game against political misinformation, backed by the Department of Homeland Security

To be honest, the game is about producing and implementing such misinformation.

Fossil Friday: amphibian trapped in amber is the first known 'tongue-thrower'

The fossils were at first (mistakenly) identified as being an ancient chameleon.

A brewery in the Netherlands becomes the first iron-fueled factory in the world

That's pretty metal!

The effects of sea-level rise on communities are complex and unpredictable, says a new study

Sometimes, the sea comes to you -- those are not good times.

A robot near you might soon have a tail to help with balance

My pets already have them so why not?

People subconsciously believe that the world is 'fair' and that those who suffer will be rewarded later on

We all need hope.

Can weather help against the coronavirus? New study says 'no, but behavior can'

So you know, stay at home, watch a movie.

Newly-discovered fossil lizard shows how uncertainty can lead to better science

Sometimes, it's best to admit that we simply don't know the right answer (yet).

Researchers pinpoint the brain area that ultimately governs attention and focus

Mine keeps letting me down.

STIs are on the rise in Italy despite the lockdown

Oh you naughty, naughty kids.

Australia's wildfires created a 'record-breaking' smoke plume in the upper atmosphere

Can’t have smoke without fire.

Fossil Friday: leg fragment points to huge, toothy bird with a wingspan of up to 21 feet

Imagine how many nuggets you could make from one of these.

Google-Alphabet balloon breaks record for longest flight in the stratosphere

It spent 312 days in the air.

Recycling smartphones: yes, it's a thing. Here's what you need to know

With Black Friday and the winter holidays just around the corner, we’re in no short supply of good deals during this time of the year. Many people around the world (myself included) will take advantage of these and swap in their phones for a newer model. Granted, with the way 2020 has been going, it’s […]

For some wild mammals, home is now your backyard, not the forest

People often provide food and shelter that these animals have learned to use.

New mesothelioma treatment involves tiny tubes of gold and lasers

Killing cancer with style.

Stronger, longer-lasting perovskite solar panels could be on the way

This could mean less pollution and cheaper energy for us all

New ceramic catalyst sponge promises to turn waste organic matter into cheap biofuel, medicine

Don’t throw away that rancid oil, we can top up the car with it!

NASA's asteroid sampling mission ran into a problem: they sampled too much asteroid

Suffering from success.

Book Review: "Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral & Drive Major Economic Events"

Could economies be driven by what people believe, not by cold facts? One book says “probably”.

Researchers identify the exoplanets that can see the Earth is inhabited

Are we alone in the universe? We don’t know. But, according to a new paper, we now have a map on “where to look first”. There are at least 1,000 Earth-like exoplanets close enough and in the right position to see that the Earth is habitable, a new paper explains. All these candidates are within […]

We should expect long-term ice loss even if we stop climate change today, according to a new study

Sometimes, there's just no putting the paste back in the tube -- or the ice back in the ice sheet.

The Great Plains could be drying down into a new Dust Bowl

A new study says we should get ready for a blast from the past — in all the wrong ways. According to its findings, America’s Great Plains risk turning back into the dustbowl of the 1930s. The Great Plains area has become increasingly dry in the past 20 decades, the authors explain, with dust storms […]

NASA makes history, harvests its first sample from an asteroid

Getting excited over a handful of dirt is sometimes very warranted.

Today, OSIRIS-REx will be landing on an asteroid in space

Good luck!

Hurricanes are becoming faster, more frequent, and almost 40% of Americans are exposed to them

Climate change is partially to blame.

Who invented cheese? You can thank the Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization was the earliest known producer of dairy and dairy products, according to new research.

Our brains tend to judge whole experiences by how they ended, which can lead to poor decisions in the future

We’re not always rational actors.

How many people would a modern nuke kill?

These aren't small numbers. At all.

The spicy history of how pumpkin spice got so popular

Your favorite autumn latte has quite the troubled history -- and no pumpkin.

University in Idaho warns its students to stop trying to catch COVID-19 to sell their plasma

As one Reddit comment put it, they "gotta pay that tuition somehow".

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