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How to reduce your home's ecological footprint

We're all kings and queens of our own castles.

New structure that keeps cells bound together discovered in human cells

We're nowhere near close to 'discovering everything' yet.

Drug cocktails can almost double lifespan -- in worms and fruit flies, so far

The findings suggest that the mechanism would probably work on humans too.

Pancreatic cells can naturally morph to combat diabetes, pointing to new avenues of treatment

Other cells can likely do it too, the researchers believe.

Scientists create a Bose-Einstein condensate in space for the first time

That's just colored water in the picture.

Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it's very, very bad

That's... surprisingly damaging!

Lab-tailored enzyme shows promise as a new and powerful treatment against tobacco addiction

Science to the rescue.

New 3D-printing process creates ligaments, tendons for transplant -- paves the way for replacement organs

Print me a new me, please. Make me taller, too.

Fossil Friday: the tiniest, most adorable Tylosaurus skull ever found

IT'S. SO. TINY!

The brain replays memories as you sleep to make sure you don't lose them

This is something worth remembering. So, maybe, sleep on it a bit?

Researchers build salivary gland from scratch -- and it works

Who doesn't want replacement organs?

People can recognize an average of 5,000 faces, a new study reports

Some more, some less.

Creative fields have a lot to benefit from people with ADHD, new study says

Finally, some go...... Uuu shiny!

Dopamine is the key allowing our brains to change beliefs -- short-term ones, at least

Don't forget to post some dopamine with that sarcastic comment -- it will work much better.

England's youth are drinking less and less -- and some have never had a drink

I didn't know you were allowed to do this in the UK.

U.S. researchers poised to level-up wheat's nutritive value by making it absorb minerals

You've heard of Iron Man, now get ready for Iron Wheat.

Planetary rings are surprisingly chemically-rich, paper reports

The findings raise some interesting questions about these beautiful structures.

New model boils morality down to three elements, aims to impart them to AI

Now computers can feel guilty too, hooray!

LEGO launches functioning wind turbine model to promote sustainability

Who doesn't love Legos?

Our brains don't like having too many options to pick from because they're lazy

Never change, brain.

Researchers hack corn to grow fatter and absorb more carbon dioxide

Feed me corn!

Europe's grids will feed primarily from wind farms by 2027, predicts the International Energy Agency

Go Europe, go!

Using land displaced by biofuels to grow trees is much better for climate, say researchers

I like trees.

Arctic plants are getting taller due to climate change -- which could fuel more climate change

Well, this is an unusual problem to have.

The faults in our personalities are all expressions of our 'dark core'

Traits of a feather flock together.

With a few cheap changes, your smartphone can now detect lead contamination in water

Smartphones can be turned into a water quality sensor, too.

In the fight against depression, researchers turn to mind-reading (that works)

How's your pound of gray matter feeling today?

Being hungry really does sour your mood, research reveals

Turns out "I'm hangry" is a legitimate excuse after all.

Some bacteria can 'hibernate' through antibiotic treatments, new paper finds

When in doubt, hibernate.

Cheap nano-filter scrubs toxic metals from polluted water

A small device to tackle a huge problem.

Bombs dropped during the Second World War were felt to the edge of space

We've come a long way from being scared, scrawny apes in the savannah.

Air pollution may increase the risk of developing dementia

This is an observational study and, as such, the findings cannot be used to establish a cause-effect relationship -- but it does raise some important questions.

Earth's green history may help scientists spot plant life on alien planets

Thanks, plants!

Climate change is affecting national parks much more than the rest of the US

They're heating up twice as fast as everywhere else.

New bio-synthetic circuits can teach old cells new tricks -- such as killing cancer

The work has only been tested in the lab but, so far, the results are encouraging.

India just launched the largest health insurance scheme on the planet

The new insurance scheme -- dubbed "Modicare" -- will offer free medical services to 500 million citizens.

Fossil fats reveal the 'oldest macroscopic animal' that lived 558 million years ago

Hey, grandpa!

Globalization is an ancient practice, new research reveals

Cooperation is the key to success!

DNA sequencing might help finally link smugglers to ivory shipments

There are not many people I dislike as intensely as ivory poachers.

Germany rolls out the first hydrogen-powered trains in the world

These bright blue trains are the greenest around.

Honeybee clusters act as 'super-organisms' to keep everyone safe during bad weather

Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.

California to launch its "own damn satellite" to monitor air pollution, climate change

Go Cali, go!

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first Moon tourist -- and he's bringing artists along

Very Renaissance-y, I love it!

Air pollution soots its way into mothers' placentas -- maybe the fetus, as well

Very Not Good™.

Mammals' evolutionary success relied on our ancestors growing very tiny

Sometimes it pays to be the smallest fish in the pond.

A Czech dog just made a stunning archaeological discovery

Indiana Bones!

Astronaut tweets incredible pictures of Hurricane Florence heading for the US East Coast

"Watch out, America!"

Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago

Artwork from waaaay before Photoshop.

Kidney stones form like any rock, may hold day-by-day history of your body's health

We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!

Scared? Here's how your brain decides whether you freeze, flee, or fight

The infamous three F's.

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