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Flint's water is deemed safe, Michigan Governor determined to end free bottled water service

Science says the water is safe to drink. The locals aren't convinced.

Puffins have beaks that glow in UV light to bedazzle mates

"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll glow my beak around!"

NASA is sending sperm to the ISS -- here's why

The first step to making spacebabies is to know if we can actually do it.

"Bowhead [whales] are jazz," says researcher astonished by the diversity of their songs

They recorded 184 different songs from a population of about 300 individuals.

Braille Neue can be read just as easily with your eyes as with your fingertips

Writing that everyone can read.

Plants learned how to fight microbes even before they moved to dry land

Although their evolutionary paths diverged very early on, liverworts and other plants use similar proteins to fight off molds.

Could life be hiding in the clouds on Venus?

You wouldn't be wrong to call it 'hot' real estate.

How birds "see" magnetic fields

Seeing is believing.

Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers

Drones are hot on the poachers' hot traces.

Cyprian dolphins resort to chewing through fishing nets due to overfishing

We're not giving them any other option.

The CDC thwarted 220 cases of pathogens with 'unusual' antibiotic resistance last year alone

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? It better be the CDC.

Researchers zero in on Lyme disease's ability to resurface months after treatment

Its not really the bacteria that does most damage -- it's our bodies' response.

We're all dupes for food we crave, willing to pay significantly more even when it's bad for us

You don't need everything you want, and you don't want everything you need.

NASA's next mission to Mars will map the planet's interior, scheduled for May 5th

We'll learn more about our own home in the process, things that we never could here on Earth.

Nightmarish but brilliant blobs -- AI-generated nudes would probably make Dali jealous

Hard to look at, harder to look away.

Water may, ironically, be the root of Mars' dreariness -- it could have sabotaged its magnetic field

The theory shows that as long as Earth's interior stays hot, it should avoid this fate.

US court deems disobedience a 'necessity' against climate change, environmental threats

It doesn't set any legally binding precedents, but it definitely sets an important precedent.

World-first case of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, identified in the UK

The man's partner tested negative for infection, and authorities traced the man's sexual partners to ensure that the strain didn't spread.

Mass extinctions don't come out of the blue -- and we're seeing some of the signs today

An incoming mass extinction isn't as hard to spot as we'd believed.

The world needs more carnivores, according to an analysis of their habitats

"It's ironic, that many of these large carnivore species are moving closer to extinction, while at the same time scientists are discovering their important effects on ecosystems."

Novel material paves the way for atom-thin, invisible displays

The future is now!

How to win friends and keep employees happy? Make them feel that they matter, research shows

Best way to do that is... you know... actually making them matter to you.

Novel graphene filter removes 99% of organic waste in water

Bottoms up!

Researchers capture first ever images of microglia eating brain synapses

Eating for success!

Humanity has contended with rising seas before -- and it didn’t go well for us

It's a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.

The Pacific Garbage patch is 16 times bigger than we thought

Yikes.

Chilling maps show just how scorching 2090's US will be, thanks to climate change

100°F isn't something that puts a smile on your face.

Most grey wolves today are actually wolf-dog hybrids, due to cross-breeding

Who's a hybrid booooy?! Yes you are a hybrid booooy!

World's first mass-produced, 3D-printed car is electric, looks cool and costs under $10K

Hope this leads to a future where you can download and print your own car.

Banana-sourced cellulose could level up our ice creams

NaNaNaNa, banana to the rescue!

Termite royalty wear chemical crowns to bedazzle their subjects

Bow down, plebs.

Human-secreted malaria antibody could usher in an effective, long-term treatment

Not one day too soon!

This century, glaciers will bleed -- the fight is on to save what's left of them in 100 years

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."

As cities grow, we must bring the forest into our midst -- or pay up

I, for one, welcome our new sylvan neighbors.

Compounds in essential oil may impact hormones, promote male breast development

They smell awesome, but maybe they're not meant to go on your skin.

Half a degree (C) more global warming would leave 5 million people homeless

Even if the goals set in Paris are met -- this doesn't look very good.

New method developed to stop bacteria from sharing antibiotic resistance genes

No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!

The Arctic's convection engine is grinding to a halt, flooded by meltwater

Melting Arctic ice is already leaving its mark on the oceans.

Walmart silently filed a patent for robotic bees meant to pollinate crops

As bee populations dwindle, robots are made to take their place.

AI can now tell if you're a man or a woman, just by your smile

You know how everyone says 'smile' before you snap a pic? That was Skynet's plan all along!

Novel cell-in-a-shell is a like a body armor for tiny living things

It's like cells wearing power-armor!

Small populations of bacteria can elude antibiotics -- here's how we're fixing that

Surprisingly, these bacteria survived through "random chance".

Solar storm expected to bring northern lights to the U.S. tonight

Maybe this is nature paying homage to Professor Hawking?

Hunt for planets through Kepler's data with this newly released Google code

Space exploration made easy.

You can't chase your happiness and have it too -- you must let it come to you

Chasing happiness might be what's pushing it away.

Energy-positive fusion could be available within the next 15 years

This will change everything.

Citizen science called upon to study liverworts and help quantify climate change

These plants could become our climate "canary in the coal mine".

Why the WHO put a mysterious 'Disease X' on its most-feared list

We don't know anything about disease X -- that's the point.

Climate change is link between record-low Arctic ice cover, freak weather in Europe and the US

The Arctic's getting really hot.

Brexit and Trump's nomination were caused by a 'sleeping' community neuroticism

The results were unexpected because we didn't understand what these campaigns woke in the public consciousness.

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