Microorganisms can survive in space and on other planets, safe behind dried-up biofilms
Worry and excitement, all in one paper.
For the first time, researchers create “semi-synthetic” life form with man-made DNA
Some of your bases are belong to us.
Commuters, traffic, and offices make cities hotter during the week
It's not much, but we're all contributing!
Scientists develop memory chips from egg shells
Omelette du RAM.
Types of engines and how they work
How any why different types of engines work.
Natural selection is weeding out our drive to go to school, study reports
Not a good sign for a race hoping to colonize space.
A whole new branch of life could have evolved and died off on Earth 2,4 billion years ago
There's no proof. But the conditions were right for it to happen.
Pretty rock found in Croatia points at Neanderthals’ softer, artistic side
*nods geologically*
The appendix keeps you healthy and your gut bacteria happy, study finds
Happy gut bacteria are the best bacteria.
When someone challenges your political views, your brain treats them as a threat
So maybe don't talk politics over Sunday dinner.
Heavy video gaming in teens could point to depression, if it’s always playing alone
Sometimes a game is just a game. Sometimes it's a way to cope.
Most ants don’t do much, and that makes the colony more efficient
Maybe it's time for a vacation.
Russia plans to ban all tobacco sales in 2033
No smoking here. Only vodka.
An old game console could challenge all we know about how the brain works
And it can run Donkey Kong. Can your brain do that? Didn't think so.
Scientists discover ‘hunting circuits’ that can turn fuzzy rats into fuzzy murderous rats
It's pretty scary that they can do it to be honest.
Massive report on cannabis confirms health benefits, calls for more research
Roll up! Your sleeves so we can do some research, of course.
You can’t keep eye contact during conversation because your brain can’t handle it, study finds
It's doing its best though.
Swiss technology can store heat in the summer to warm up your home all winter
It's like pickling heat.
Chimps, unlike humans, are more likely to choose genetically-dissimilar mates
Two different takes on an age-old topic.
Common cold vaccine patented in the EU
Seems like our bodies were fighting the disease the wrong way all along.
The Greek Navy’s wooden wall — Olympias, last trireme on duty in the world
One ship to carry a huge legacy.
NASA’s ‘Mars Explorers Wanted’ posters will set you packing for space
Where's my toothbrush?
An Alzheimer’s drug could become the unlikely replacer of fillings
No more of that awful drilling in your teeth.
We pick our mates by their genome — even if we aren’t aware of it
Humans too engage in assortative mating, scientists find.
Why do people have sex?
A deceivingly simple question.
Have dinner earlier if you’re trying to lose weight, study says
Minding when you eat might be just as important as what, when you're trying to slim down.
Fledgling dad turns daughter’s sleeping patterns into an amazing graphic
A picture of when the baby's sleeping and why you're not.
Memories for opposing behaviors are stored in the same parts of the brain, study finds
One step closer to understanding memory.
Critical version of ‘Mein Kampf’ a huge hit in Germany
Some books shouldn't be banned, but fought head on.
Western civilization could collapse within a decade due to political in-fighting
By crunching math and history together, some scientists hope to warn us of the future.
Sci-fi buffs everywhere, rejoyce! The UK military is developing laser weapons
The prototype should be delivered in 2019.
Solid energy — how batteries power the world
Power in the palm of your hand.
Baby Cardinal fish follow the magnetic field back home, scientists find
Fee-shee go home.
Brain network that picks words from the background noise revealed
Our brains are really good at sifting through information.
What Wikipedia can’t tell you about making cheese
DIY for the holidays!
Mixed legume and cereal crops don’t need fertilizer to yield a lot of food
Farm smart not hard.
Self-treating depression and anxiety with pot might work for a while, but it’s probably bad in the long-term
It's not a waterproof study, but it's a good starting point for further research.
Humans hacked walking by stepping on the heel not the toes, like other animals do
One foot in front of the other.
Strange ‘Muriwai Monster’ is a crustacean colony, New Zealand marine scientists say
Beaches -- the final frontier. For these guys at least.
Scientists fed a game into players’ brains to pave the way for artificial senses
Just plug the console right into my head then, pleasethankyou!
Mixing Silly Putty with graphene creates incredibly sensitive pressure sensors, scientists find
Nothing silly about these findings. Except the putty.
To HEK with diabetes: new cell capsule could treat the condition with 0 insulin shots
It's like a pacemaker for your insulin.
Light-bending material could bridge quantum and classical physics
We're closer than ever to a Theory of Everything.
Scientists need you to join the Phi-Lambda mission and make quantum computers work
All you have to do is play Decodoku.