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Ancient tool pushes history of tattooing in the western US by over a thousand years

People were getting inked long before we even had ink!

Researchers map how our sensitivity to emotions change over time

In a bout of positive news, people are very good at spotting happiness throughout their lives. Anger and fear, not so much.

If you want to be creative, turn the music off, new research reveals

Ugh, rude.

The brains of singing mice might hold the secret of how we engage in conversation

I'd describe most of my conversations as 'hostage situations'.

New research suggests humanity's ancestors began walking upright earlier than believed

Walk like an Egyptian?

Mobile bioprinter promises to print new 'skin' straight onto any wound

No skin? No problem!

You can't make up for lost sleep on the weekend -- not if you want to stay healthy

Sorry, college freshmen.

Yeast genetically-modified to produce cannabis compounds

In fact, it can produce some cannabinoids that are not naturally-occurring.

New upcycling process for PET could finally nudge us into cleaning the seas

I do like cleaner seas.

Plastic is "everywhere" in the ocean, including its deepest trenches -- "There's no good aspect to this," researchers say

Thrash we've thrown away years ago is killing ocean life as you're reading this.

New process could capture CO2 and make it coal again

"Poetic justice" comes to mind.

Go to the park, it's good for you -- and makes you happier

If nothing else, it's free entertainment!

Collagen networks and hyaluronic acid literally keep you in shape, new study reports

How most of us feel in regards to our shape, well, that's not biology's concern.

'Silver spoons' stay with mongooses for life -- then pass off to their offspring

Nothing like some sweet TLC to give you a nice start in life.

Competence begets leadership in small groups

Make America small again, then!

Bronze-age Iberians included domesticated foxes and dogs in their burial practices

They say modern life is the best but I won't be convinced till I have a pet fox myself.

Future Moon colonists could produce water from regolith and sunlight

Drink up!

Climate change will make extreme cold more prevalent -- and that's bad news for some animals

"Extreme" things generally aren't very healthy.

The Earth's atmosphere extends twice as far as the Moon, technically

You should probably try really hard to hold your breath around there, though.

The 'forager gene' of humans and fruit flies works in practically the same way

No time like mealtime.

Native American societies had their own brand of 'social media'

Do you think they drunkenly made embarrassing pots and regretted it the next day?

Neanderthal diet revolved around meat, new study finds

Caveburgers, anyone?

Activating one gene in the brains of male mice helps reverse depression

Sorry ladies.

Setting attainable goals makes us happier, even if we fail

Sometimes less really is more.

Grasses steal neighbors' genes to one-up other species

"They're OUR genes, tovarish plant" -- grasses.

Desert ants' complex behavior is actually built from very simple interactions

The colonies work similarly to a brain, actually.

Stone-age peoples in the Iberian Peninsula shared graves with dogs

Man's best friend, indeed.

Orangutans don't use tools instinctively -- they actually think about what they're doing

Give an orangutan a banana and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a stick and he'll poke bananas for a lifetime.

Unexpected notes make music more enjoyable

Surprise is the spice of life.

New design hotfix could make artificial leaves better than actual leaves

I can hardly beleaf it!

A brief look at how the idea of elevators came up

They really are an underappreciated invention -- it took a lot of work!

Seven traits are seen as moral by the whole world, study finds

It's good to be good.

How poppy petals create striking colors despite being thinner than your skin

In news today: male beetles think poppy flowers are hot. Science!

The world is running out of insects -- because of us -- and it will lead to a “catastrophic collapse"

They may be creepy crawlies, but we need them.

Shame, not guilt, makes us consumed by our secrets

Your secrets are safe with you, but you're not safe with them.

A new study explains how snakes lost their legs

They didn't lose the genes for limbs -- they're just blocked.

Nicotine works inside our neurons to reinforce addiction

So, you know. Don't smoke.

Cannabis legalization increases traffic fatalities -- but mostly in neighboring, un-legalized states

It's probably because of all the people driving interstate to get high, then driving back already high, the researchers believe.

The world's farms are dominated by only four crops

This puts us at great risk.

North American flying squirrels are bright pink -- under UV light

Fa-bu-lous!

Ingenious new technique shows Mars' Mount Sharp to be very porous

Yay for creative science!

New software allows researchers to CATCH any known virus in a sample

"Tools like CATCH will help us and others detect outbreaks earlier and generate more data on pathogens that can be shared with the wider scientific and medical research communities," the authors say.

Over 100 new species of bacteria discovered in your gut

I had a gut feeling they would.

Climate change will recolor much of the oceans by 2100, MIT research suggests

It's not good news.

Oil-contaminated soil made clean, fertile again using just a little bit of heat

Not too much heat, though -- that destroys the soil!

This unique robot can 'imagine' itself -- and it's teaching us about our own self-awareness

The disciple teaching its teachers.

What is gluten intolerance, and what are its symptoms?

Most of them have to do with your belly -- but not all.

GO dough stands poised to bring graphene and its awesome properties into your life

Graphene, more like gra-fine, right guys?

Researchers design the first soft robot that moves like a plant

Which is to say, slowly!

Researcher devise 'metallic wood' that's stronger than titanium but could float on water

"The reason we call it metallic wood is not just its density, which is about that of wood, but its cellular nature," says lead author James Pikul.

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