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Humans don't need to understand what they're doing to create new technology

We're all team players.

New study wants to tackle depression, obesity, chronic pain by blocking a single protein

Sounds a bit too good to be true, I gotta admit!

What is hyaluronic acid

Let's take a look at this pretty unique substance which permeates our bodies.

Tired? Try looking at a cup of coffee -- new research says that's enough to perk you up

Feast your eyes!

Want to improve your mood quickly? Look at people around you and, genuinely, wish them well

Seems simple enough!

A new study estimates English only takes about 1.5 megabytes of your brainspace

That's about the same size as.... 3 high-resolution memes or one-tenth of a second of video in 1080p.

It's official: single-use plastics have been banned in the EU

Today's vote is "essential in order to protect the marine environment and reduce the costs of environmental damage attributed to plastic pollution in Europe."

Musical training makes your brain better at paying attention

Oh so THAT'S what I was missing!

New York county declares state of emergency over measles and bans unvaccinated kids from public areas

Unvaccinated children will be banned from entering public spaces for the next 30 days. And, honestly, I see no problem with this.

Britain is going through a "widespread loss" of pollinating insects, study reports

Not good!

Ancient trash suggests climate change helped drive the Byzantine Empire into the ground

No army can fight on an empty belly. Neither can an empire.

Hubble captured the first evidence of a Great Dark Spot storm forming on Neptune

The data taught us a lot about how weather works on gas giants.

Largest T. rex skeleton ever found lived in Canada up to its early 30s

It was probably really polite and liked hockey, too.

Movies and shows may help people with attachment issues better navigate their own relationships

Any study that mentions The Office is a good study in my book.

Jupiter formed far from the sun and traveled closer during its early days

It also met a lot of asteroids it still hangs around with.

The genders kill differently -- and one paper proposes it's because of our ancient roles

I do like this theory.

Creativity hinges on churning as many ideas out as possible -- then taking a break

It doesn't matter if your ideas suck -- get more of them!

Uber-like services can reduce demand for parking -- so let's use the lots for something better

Need a ride?

Immigrants to the US are happier later in life than natives -- despite generally being worse off financially

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Divine punishment didn't goad us into building civilization -- it was the other way around

And then the gods said, "don't be a douchebag and we’re chill".

New method spots counterfeit food and medicine for cheap, by filming how it freezes

Be sure to post it on Instagram, too! #lunch #realfood

Time flies as we age because our brains get bigger and less efficient, a new paper proposes

'Clock time' is not the same as 'mind time'.

Paying attention shuts down 'brain noise' that isn't related to what we're looking for

You can miss the forest for the trees, or the trees for the forest.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, then this new cellulose aerogel will heal them

Nifty.

New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices

This was a VERY real issue up to now.

Eating bad PUFAs may put you at risk of developing asthma -- but fish contains the good PUFAs

I'm thrilled that PUFAs is an actual scientific term.

Our ships carry invasive species, not just trade -- and it is rapidly getting worse

Your package has arrived sir, it seems to be a pair of socks. The zebra mussel is on the house.

Ireland and Scotland made bog butter for three and a half millennia, new study reports

Bog what, now?

Ice ages may be caused by tectonic activity in the tropics, new study proposes

Pixar left this part out of Ice Age.

Researchers develop way to trap and study bacteria so we can fight disease and antibiotic resistance

Shhh! I'm hunting bactewwia!

New research identifies the 'taste center' of our brains

Sweet!

Fossil Friday: Newly-found fossil teeth solve ancient monkey mystery

Take a bite out of this story.

Movies can be used to get people to help in anti-corruption efforts

Who said movies never teach you anything?

New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land

It's always good to take a breather!

New neurofeedback system helps people manage arousal and maintain peak performance

Begone, stress!

Massive solar storms are naturally-recurring events, study finds -- and we're unprepared for them

Sunny days ahead!

Religious material promoting humanity as stewards make Christians care more about the environment

Do as the good book says!

Your eyes give you away when you're making a mistake -- but only for certain kinds of mistakes

The eyes never lie.

Where did the "Seven Seas" come from?

It's a surprisingly-old story.

Human interference is destroying chimpanzee culture, a new paper reports

Culture shock squared.

Treated wastewater could release antibiotic-resistance genes into the wild

Uh-oh.

Timeline for giant sloth extinction rewritten by new analysis

A little dirt makes a lot of difference.

People learn to predict which words come after 'um' in a conversation -- but not with foreigners

Assuming they're paying attention, of course.

Slightly-tweaked microbe could create plastics from a common plant waste material

Lignin’ on a dream!

NASA puts InSight experiment on hold because one stubborn rock is blocking their instruments

InSight picked scissors, so it lost to rock.

Asia may have given the world beer yeast, new research finds

Thank you, Asia, you're the real MVP.

Art-integrated science lessons make some students 'learn at 105%', new study finds

That's not a typo. The authors were surprised, too.

Megalodon's teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find

This is not the Nemo you're looking for.

MIT's newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way

It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.

Our social brains handle environmental issues poorly -- "You can't kiss and make up with the environment," researchers say

"Terms like 'eco-friendly' or 'green' encourage the view that objects, behaviors and decisions with these labels are 'good' rather than 'less bad' for the environment," says co-author Dr Linda Langeborg.

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