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The statistic of the year: 90.5% of plastic has never been recycled

Some stats are better than others.

Dutch researchers grow bananas without soil to protect them from disease

Bananas, as we know them, are undergoing huge challenges.

Dementia symptoms reversed in mice -- human trials are next

The key is a combination of microbubbles and ultrasound.

Coastal erosion reveals incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprints in southern England

It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.

Blind creature that buries its head in the sand named after Donald Trump

The resemblance is uncanny.

Giraffes quietly dropped down to 'Endangered list'

Giraffes have been undergoing a silent extinction.

Working out in the evening doesn't cause any sleep problems

Work out anytime you want -- no excuses!

Germany's word of the year is a climate change pun

It's a hot topic.

Look at all these faces. None of them are real -- they were created by an AI

Un-real.

Johnson & Johnson knew its baby powder has cancer-causing asbestos -- but it lied

A story worth reading.

Tourists might be bringing diseases to Antarctica's penguins

Tourists are bringing dangerous pathogens to the Antarctic.

Shark numbers plummet by 92% in Australian waters

Sharks are declining at an alarming rate.

Virgin Galactic tourist space rocket passes first test

Fancy a trip to outer space?

Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transportation free

It's Luxembourg's moment in the spotlight.

Blink and you'll miss it -- new study shows that blinking can be significant nonverbal cues

Do you pay attention to how the people you talk to blink?

How pink poop and satellites revealed a giant penguin colony

Don't eat the pink snow.

A geological hallmark of human activity: chicken bones

It's not a very pleasant thought.

Giant marsupial predator was "unlike any living animal"

It was a fierce beast.

Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference

Well... this is awkward.

Older people believe their own lies

We're still not sure what lying does to the brain.

Dracula ants have the fastest body parts known to man: their jaws

After all, they are called Dracula ants.

Here's why you should never eat raw cookie dough

It's delicious, sure -- but cook it before you eat it.

People aged 70 and over who exercise regularly have the bodies of 40-year-olds

It's never too late to start exercising -- and the results are impressive.

City frogs are more attractive than their countriside cousins, new study shows

Female frogs like city boys, a new study finds.

Helium exoplanet inflates like a balloon

Helium was predicted to be one of the most common elements of exoplanets, but was only recently observed for the first time.

Contrary to 'propaganda' myths, migrants are actually good for a country's health and economy, new study reports

Think migrants are bad? Think again, science says.

After millions of tests, researchers find the most promising compounds against malaria

This is far from being a final drug, but it's still extremely exciting.

Researchers repurpose wasp venom peptides as antibiotics

Finally, a use for wasps.

Archaeologists find 50,000 year-old tiara, made from wooly mammoth ivory

It's still beautiful to this day.

Nutritional study taking a jab at "Joy of Cooking" withdrawn -- among many others

There's still some joy in cooking.

Young Hawaiian seals are showing up with eels stuck in their noses -- and we're not really sure why

Sure you've had bad days, but have you had an 'eel up your nose' day?

252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today

If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.

Christmas dinner launched towards the ISS

It's hearty space food.

The Large Hadron Collider shut down for upgrades -- until 2021

This time, it's all going according to plan

Finland's 100-year gift to itself: a beautiful, futuristic, and free library

What better gift could there be?

Rats and pigeons are slowly replacing iconic species, and it's our fault

The "losers" are exactly the ones you want to protect.

Why Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' is a brilliant sneaky innuendo

This just goes to show how amazing Shakespeare was at his craft -- and also that he probably had a dirty mind.

Scientists zoom in on more realistic plant-based meat substitutes

Yay or nay?

Ancient haute cuisine -- Mesolithic people had caviar feast

It was a fishy affair.

"Wearable microbrewery" could serve as radiation exposure marker

Yeast badges could be the radiation sensors of the future.

Young drinkers beware: binge drinking is bad for you. Real bad

You might wanna reconsider getting hammered at that party.

Most people who think they have a penicillin allergy don't -- and it can be a problem

The good news, researchers say, is that there's a simple allergy test you can take.

"Collapse of civilization is on the horizon", David Attenborough tells UN climate summit

Time, he stressed, is running out.

Google's AI algorithm could usher in new age of protein understanding

We're entering a new age of scientific breakthrough, and this could be absolutely huge.

Blue-blooded crustacean could pave the way for greener biofuels

The unusual creature is able to extract sugars from wood.

Scorpion venom protein might be used to ferry drugs to the brain

A brilliant way to use a natural danger to our advantage.

Green roofs can be effective against climate change -- in the right climate

Green roofs are making a comeback -- at least in some parts of the world.

Buried Celtic chariot discovered by amateur treasure hunter in Wales

An unprecedented finding in the area.

Widely used insect repellent also kills off salamander larvae

Careful with that insect repellant.

Meat and dairy are bad for the climate and the environment, researchers urge

The bottom line: eat more plants!

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