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Air pollution from corn kills thousands of people each year

Researchers are trying to map the pollution impact of all the foods we eat.

Scientists create artificial material capable of metabolism, self-assembly, movement, and organization -- key traits of life

If it was capable of multiplying, it would essentially be life.

Cherokee cave inscriptions tell tales of ritual ball game

Researchers have translated the famous Cherokee inscriptions from Manitou Cave — but it’s not the story they were expecting to see.

NASA female astronaut set to break record

Congrats, and good luck!

Two of the world's oldest universities team up to digitize treasured medieval manuscripts

Some works will come straight from the Vatican.

Archaeologists find first prehistoric figurative cave art in the Balkans

It's the first find of its kind in the area.

It's official: there's more plastic in the oceans than ever before

Researchers are calling for change on all levels of society.

Sleep myths are unscientific and potentially dangerous

If there's one thing we should appreciate, it's sleep -- and myths proliferated on the internet aren't doing anyone any favors.

The best black hole photo memes the internet has to offer

Get sucked into the joyous celebration of the black hole image.

Researchers 3D print a miniature heart -- using a patient's own cells

Yes, scientists 3D-printed a heart.

The kill rate in Game of Thrones is actually quite realistic, a new study reveals

Don't blame George Martin or HBO for killing your favorite character -- blame reality!

How the snailfish survives more than 6 km beneath the surface

This could help us understand how creatures can survive in the crushing and frigid depths of the oceans.

Meteorite impacts are squeezing water from the moon

The moon has a hydrological cycle, but it looks nothing like the one on Earth.

Microplatics can also travel by wind, new study shows

Even pristine mountainous landscapes are now polluted with microplastics.

Britain's earliest farmers were immigrants from Greece and Spain

The farmers did not interbreed with local foragers.

Deep methane lakes revealed on Titan

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface. During the last close encounter with Titan, the Cassini mission offered an unprecedented view of these methane lakes. Writing in two separate papers, researchers report that some of these lakes are more than 100 metres deep and have been fed by methane […]

This is what the photographed black hole's "neighborhood" looks like

You came into the right neighborhood.

The photographed black hole now has a name

It literally translates to "embellished dark source of unending creation."

Child suicide rates are surging in the US -- and we're not really sure why

The median age of children was 13.

Stunningly beautiful maps from Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs

Science, meet art!

Wolves can cooperate with humans as well as dogs, but in different ways

Wolves take more initiative, whereas dogs are more human-oriented.

Screen time has little impact on teen wellbeing -- even right before bedtime

It's the study all teenagers have been dreaming to see.

Rare wolves are two unique species -- and this fact might save them both

The new study might end up saving both species.

Over 13 tons of pangolin scales have been seized in a single bust in Singapore

We need to save the pangolins -- and this is the first step.

The US wealth gap hasn't been this big since the "Roaring '20s"

The "Roaring 20s" ended with the Great Depression. How will this decade end?

Poacher in South Africa gets trampled by elephant, eaten by lions

A search party could only retrieve his skull and a pair of pants.

"Beowulf" had a single author, computer study suggests

The literary style is consistent throughout the entire text, researchers say.

Famous Revolutionary War Hero might have been a "she" or a "they"

"He" may have been a "they."

Scientists find superhot "mirror" pools in unique deep Pacific environment

The environments are also teeming with life.

Cats know their names as well as dogs -- they just don't bother showing it

Even though it might not show it, cats are just as loving and caring as dogs. Probably.

Street hashish contains 'dangerous' amount of faecal matter

Crappy news for hashish smokers.

Japanese spacecraft shoots at an asteroid -- to better understand it

Relax, we haven't started a war with the asteroids.

Carbon dioxide levels haven't been this high in 3 million years

Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole.

Ancient amphibious whale with four legs and hooves dared to cross the Atlantic

This creature had a whale of a time.

Geologists find Earth's largest delta plain in history -- it's as big as Alaska

It was ten times larger than the Amazon delta.

How AI is already influencing our shopping

It's already impacting our lives.

Drinking a bottle of wine is as bad as smoking 10 cigarettes for women and 5 for men

Is it a good deal?

What the aviation industry is doing to reduce carbon emissions

Unfortunately, the answer is 'probably not enough'.

This viral image is making people realize they have astigmatism

Do you have it?

Transparent wood might become tomorrow's new wonder material

Tomorrow's windows might be made from wood -- transparent, energy-storing wood.

These tiny frogs turn fluorescent to attract more mates

I know a few people who could use a similar system.

American apple trees are mysteriously dying and no one really knows why

Growers are preparing for a rough season.

Sea snakes can dive up to 250 meters deep -- that's 800 feet

Snakes have taken to the deep sea.

NASA's new futuristic airplane wing could revolutionize flight

This is a whole new way of designing plane wings.

Yes, there is methane on Mars, new study reports

Exciting times for Mars science.

X-Ray technology finds gunshot damage in prehistoric cave paintings

Ancient art meets modern problems.

A 10-minute-walk a day keeps debilitating arthritis away, new study finds

It's an incredibly small price to pay for elderly independence.

Fossil Friday: Dinosaur tracks make solid impression in Valley Forge Park

It's still really cool to be able to visit an area which was literally roamed by the dinosaurs -- and the fossils are excellently preserved.

The waters around Galapagos are riddled with invasive species

The Galapagos is being invaded by alien species.

Mars had giant rivers for billions of years, new study finds

This study offers a vital answer, but also poses a puzzling question.

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