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New research paints the history of East Africa's farmers, and how they evolved to eat dairy

It's a surprisingly rich history.

Researchers make chicken cells resist bird flu by snipping out a tiny bit of their DNA

There's still a long way to go before we have a full chicken, though.

Global food production is already being impacted by climate change, paper reports

There's been a 1% decline in the quantity of consumable food calories produced by the world's top 10 crops.

Researchers spot the first coronal mass ejection outside our solar system -- it was massive

It was tens of thousands of times more massive than the ones our Sun puts out.

Agrochemicals harm bees even at 'safe' levels, and collapse whole colonies

We should bee more concerned about their health.

Invasive flowering species might overpower native ones because of warming climates

We flower in peace!

Massive puffin die-off in the Bering Sea likely due to climate change, study reports

Noooo, not the puffins!

New app could bring cognitive therapy to your pocket

"It's kind of like cognitive therapy in your pocket -- but a little different and a lot faster," the authors say.

New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and "a key step toward closing the carbon loop"

This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.

Amazon implements new "delete everything I said today" command for Alexa

With privacy concerns mounting, Amazon is trying to assuage its customers.

In the stone-age people recycled flint on purpose to produce precision blades

Second-hand flint, ironically, was more of a precision implement that fresh flint.

Research uncovered new, surprising melting patterns beneath the Ice Ross Shelf

Sometimes, you just have to look at individual trees to understand the forest.

Many of the world's waterways exceed safe levels of antibiotic substances -- by a lot

Basically, this is boot camp for training antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Researchers find 'Forbidden Planet' orbiting closer to its parent star than we thought it could

It's so close that it shouldn't be able to retain an atmosphere. And yet it does.

Two new dinosaurs found in Thailand are smaller, cuter, but still deadly cousins of the T. Rex

They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.

Researchers film bacteria sharing antibiotic resistance in real time -- and find a potential fix

How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.

Duo of engineers are working on a kit to test your stress levels at home

Hands up if you think you'd get the maximum result!

Solar plasma observations bring us one step closer to stable fusion generators

We're basically copying off of Nature.

Wild chimpanzees learned how to crack open tortoises -- and they're sharing the knowledge among themselves

Cracking open a turtle-y one with the boys.

New electricity-based method to produce hydrogen could slash 1% of the world's CO2 emissions

1% might sound small, but taken on a planetary level -- it's a whole lot.

Researchers create fuel from water, CO2, and artificial photosynthesis

The technology isn't yet ready for the market -- but it's not far off, either.

Climate warming is definitely, for sure, no doubt about it, our fault, says new study

More like "yet another new study."

Farmers actually work more than hunter-gatherers, have less leisure time

Toil all day, very little pay.

Medicinal plants used in the Civil War can stomp our modern antibiotic-resistant germs

Old tricks, new ways to implement them.

When faced with high gravity, cells get "thicker skin" by strengthening their membranes

Unlike humans, who seem to develop it under pressure.

Solar wind plus moon soil plus meteorite impacts create water on the Moon, researchers report

Can't the Moon just go to the tap like the rest of us?

One research team proposes swapping atmospheric methane for CO2, and it might be a good idea

It's not the best solution, but it could help.

Bonobo mothers help their sons get dates -- it makes them 3x as likely to become fathers

Just let me get Tinder like everybody else, Mom. Sheesh.

Google, Intel, Qualcomm, and others stop supplying Huawei after Gov't ban

Let slip the HTMLs of war.

Ultra-processed foods cause weight gain, over eating, according to a new study

Just because it tastes good, it doesn't mean it's good for you.

Fossil Friday: Alcmonavis poeschli, the second-oldest bird we’ve ever found

Ca-CAW!

Nearly one quarter of West Antarctica ice is unstable, melting, study reports

That's a LOT of ice.

What is the house of the future going to look like?

Bigger, better, faster, stronger. Ok, maybe just better and stronger.

Study proposes five new rules to prevent antibiotic resistance "disaster"

Appear weak where you are strong. Appear strong where you are weak. Show "humility in the face of natural selection."

New app can hear if your child has an infected ear

It's one of the most common reason why parents visit a pediatrician.

Escaped parrots are now living, roosting in 23 US states

The greenest immigrant community in the US, certainly.

Prison doesn't work, according to a new study

Not if you want to reform criminals, at least.

NASA requests $1 billion in funding for Artemis mission to take man back to the moon by 2024

The original timeline was pushed forward four years by the Trump Administration -- and now NASA needs the bucks to make it happen.

Heavy coffee drinkers can smell its aroma much easier than other people -- and it seems tied to craving

Mmmm, good bean juice make brain go fast.

Team sequences the pan-genome of tomatoes in a bid to make them tasty again

Tastefully done.

Around one-quarter of those who meditate experience unpleasant symptoms -- we don't know why

The subconscious is long and full of terrors.

Robots and AI can help us better understand deep sea species, study reports.

We're fishing for information in the deep seas.

New 'brain training' game could help you wean off of excess added sugar

Sweet, sweet research.

The UK had a coal-free week -- the first time since 1882

This is the country's first coal-free week since the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

Paper wasps capable of behavior that we consider part of logical reasoning

Buzz in excitement for this piece of news!

This infinitely-recyclable plastic might help us finally clean up landfills and oceans

Circular plastics may finally be upon us.

Prehistoric craftsmen were really into freshwater mussel shells, research reveals

Back in the day, clam was glam.

Researchers hack plants to use less water so we don't starve when climate change hits hard

These plants will drink responsibly -- whether they want it or not!

The UN says humanity is causing an 'unprecedented' decline in biodiversity -- and it's picking up

Please stop.

New paper proposes we use air conditioners to make fuel out of thin air

Feasible or not, it's still an interesting idea.

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