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New evidence indicates that life on Earth emerged almost 4 billion years ago

It's as old as we can possibly find.

Physicists report new, solid observation of gravitational waves

It's pretty much official now: we have gravitational waves.

Rapper B.o.B. wants people to give him $1 million so he can prove the Earth is flat

The comments are glorious.

NASA and Russia to work on new Lunar Space Station

It's good to see two old rivals work together.

Giant (adorable?) species of rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

It's not good news for the rat...

California now has an official dinosaur: the Augustynolophus

Paleontologists hope that this will inspire a new generation

Lava tubes on Moon and Mars might be habitats for future colonies

We might someday build cities inside lava tunnels on Mars.

Millenium-old Viking burial boat unearthed under a market square in Norway

It was right under the city market.

Scientists find blocks of polystyrene at the North Pole

The Arctic is screwed.

Bali volcanic eruption seems imminent, after massive seismic activity increase

Over 70,000 people have already evacuated the area as an eruption from the Mount Agung volcano seems imminent.

Botanic gardens might be our last shot to save endangered plants

The bad news is that we need this in the first place.

Jorge Cervera Hauser's Spectacular Pictures of Sea Creatures

As beautiful as it gets.

Vegetarian dinosaurs sometimes feasted on crustaceans

The idea of a gentle giant is called into question.

Picture of the day: up close with a strawberry

Strawberries aren't really berries... they're not even fruit!

Hurricane Maria "destroys Puerto Rico" -- 100% of the state left without power

This is an abnormally strong hurricane season.

Why satellites have those golden foils on them -- and how it saves a lot of lives

Like many other NASA technologies, this also proved to be really useful on Earth.

New NOAA report: This is shaping up to be the 2nd hottest year in human history

Damn, it always sucks when you come in second.

Cats are both solid and liquid -- and other surprising tidbits of science from the Ig Nobel Awards

Cats really *are* liquid... but only sometimes.

The Colossal Earthworks of Stan Herd

Entire fields are his canvas.

Biologists just discovered an underwater octopus city -- they call it Octlantis

Ever wondered what an octopus city looks like?

Hurricane Maria also becomes Category 5 storm, threatens more destruction

It's quickly following in Irma's footsteps.

Mimicry at its finest -- or why this is not a snake

Disclaimer: this is not an actual snake.

A linguistic rouzy-bouzy: Researchers resurrect 30 English lost words

Don't be a losenger!

Carefree Crow Hitches a Ride on the Back of Bald Eagle

Don't mind me, just hitching a ride.

New record: on Monday, 20% of Europe's energy came from wind

Gone with the wind.

Climate change might cause a coffee crisis, but there's still hope

Is it really that bad?

ISS astronaut photographs hurricanes from space -- and it's mind-bending

Like the all-seeing eye, Bresnik takes impressive photos of ungodly storms.

An image is not always worth a thousand words, researchers say

Go with text if you really want to involve people.

How the alcohol industry lies to you

While it's in no way as bad as Big Tobacco, Big Alcohol also isn't clean.

Global warming will kill a third of the world's parasites, and that's not even a good thing

Parasites are a hard sell, but we would certainly gain a lot by understanding their threats.

Egyptian Archaeologists find 3,500 year old multi-tomb in Luxor

You thought we found everything, didn't you?

The simple reason why climate change is affecting hurricanes

It's pretty simple math.

British archaeologists find Roman cavalry barracks loaded with weapons and valuables

It's like winning the lottery.

Researchers find warm oasis beneath Antarctica's frozen wasteland

You could wear a T-shirt in these caves under the Antarctic.

People know mythical creatures better than real life beasts, study suggests

What's real, a gruffalo, or a hirola?

Hurricane Irma: 90% of the buildings on the Caribbean Island of Barbuda "destroyed by storm"

Our thoughts go to the victims.

Hurricane Harvey pushed Houston's crust down by 2 cm

The 275 trillion pounds of water are taking their toll.

Hurricane Irma already being picked up by seismographs -- instruments that detect earthquakes

It might be even worse than Harvey.

Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks have been completely digitized -- and you can read them for free

It's a challenging but very rewarding read.

How northern lights and stranded whales might strangely be connected

The northern lights might be a brilliant spectacle for some, but they spelled doom for some unfortunate sperm whales.

Hurricane Irma is the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic. It's set to make landfall in the US

If you thought Harvey was bad, Irma promises to be even worse.

Diverse landscape are more resilient and productive in the face of climate change

If we want to save the planet, we need to keep it diverse.

More problems in Texas -- Chemical plants start leaking after Harvey

Everything is bigger in Texas -- floods and pollution included.

Amazing timelapse video shows Harvey flooding a parking lot

A flood of biblical proportions.

The best photos from the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year

These are some brilliant entries.

Starting school half an hour later could help students and save $9 billion / year

How is 8AM school time still a thing?

Insects see in much better resolution than we thought

I spy, with my little thousand eyes...

Researchers find tantalizing evidence of mid-sized black hole in the Milky Way

If confirmed, this could indicate a remarkable progress in modern physics.

How science knows when nations are testing nuclear bombs -- even when they are lying

We can't deduce everything, but we can deduce A LOT.

World's biggest X-ray laser comes online in the Germany city of Hamburg

We will be able to see the very fabric of the world make and break.

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