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Amazon just completed its first drone delivery. It took 13 minutes

Release the swarm!

Canada announced its first nationwide tax at C$10 / ton

Some good news from Canada!

David Attenborough makes emotional plea in Planet Earth II finale

It was a brief but emotional ending, which will hopefully leave us all thinking about the fate of the planet.

Four new elements officially added to the periodic table

In January, four new elements were introduced to the periodic table, but they didn't have a name. Now, they will be officially added to the periodic table, with proper names.

Germany just invested more than ever in Research and Development, partially due to driverless cars

In 2015, the country invested 9.5% more than in 2014 - a laudable increase.

Pets should be considered a main source of support for people with long-term mental health conditions

Pets can be lifesavers.

German fusion machine working as intended

Germany's extremely complex fusion machine, the largest of its kind, is reportedly working as possible.

UK pushes forth with sugar tax

The United Kingdom has announced drafts for a sugar tax set to begin in April 2018, addressing the country's growing obesity problems.

The Pagan Origins of Christmas

Christmas is far more complicated than you think.

Mutated fish becomes 8,000 times more resistant to toxic waste

Biologists have discovered a fish living off the east coast of the US that evolved to be 8,000 times more resistant to toxic sludge, a new study has found.

Giraffes are facing a silent extinction - and so are other, undiscovered species

A new report published by the IUCN shows that the emblematic giraffe is facing a threatening decline.

Texas abortion leaflets contain unscientific, misleading information

The pamphlets are disturbing and nonscientific.

Revolutionary HIV vaccine to be tested on 600 people next year

We may be zooming in on a vaccine.

For $20, high school students create medicine which sells for between $35,000 and $110,000

We all know drugs are overpriced, but do you have any idea just how overpriced they are?

MIT researchers develop printable electronics

MIT engineers have developed a fast, reliable and relatively cheap process through which they can print electronic surfaces.

Half of people 'remember' fake facts that never happened

A new study casts some doubt on something very personal: our memories.

Overdue book returned 120 years later

A book that has been missing from the Hereford school library in England has been returned - after 120 years.

Google to run 100% on renewable energy in 2017

Google announced it will get all its 2017 energy from solar and wind.

More young people are watching David Attenborough’s "Planet Earth" than the X Factor

It's not often that a nature documentary tops the ratings.

Startling NASA photo reveals 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctic Ice Shelf

It looks like we're moving closer to a dramatic break-up.

Switzerland votes against strict phase-out of nuclear energy

Switzerland is, as you'd expect, one of the countries with the cleanest energy.

No, global temperatures aren't "plunging" - fake news is acting up

What can go wrong when loudmouths spread fake information?

All London buses will be green by 2018

This is the end for London's dirty buses.

British researchers on the hunt for world's oldest ice

As the Antarctic spring comes to an end and the "summer" enters into force, a team of geoscientists is seeking 1.5-million-year ice.

After the Earthquake: Stunning Photos Show Huge Rock Walls Rising from Below

A sight to behold.

In times of turmoil, academics stand up, develop code of conduct and reaffirm fight against racism, misogyny and climate change denial

In times of political turmoil, academics are often the first to react.

China is building a huge solar plant at Chernobyl

When one door closes, another one opens.

The world's oldest person (and only one still born in the 1800s) celebrates 117th birthday

When Emma Morano was born, Umberto I was still reigning over Italy.

World's poorest countries pledge to 100% renewable energy

They're leapfrogging developed countries.

According to the FBI, there are 7 types of protesters

Which one are you?

Canada set to join US in banning microbeads

An important move for protecting wildlife and the environment.

Scientists answer longstanding question: why is the surface of ice wet?

Some simple questions have deceivingly complicated answers.

Incredible fungi timelapse from BBC's Planet Earth II

Stop what you're doing and watch this incredible footage. Your life will not be the same again.

In 1975, a physicist co-authored a paper with his cat. He did it for a very good reason

F.D.C. Willard, also known as Chester, is a cat who co-authored a high-quality physics paper in 1975

Parents might soon watch their unborn babies grow up in 3D

Modern technology is impressive, extremely useful, and sometimes a bit disturbing.

Depression and anxiety cause stomach and skin issues, respectively

They mess up your brain, and they mess up your body.

When it comes to the world of viruses, we're just scratching the surface

We've only seen the tip of the surface.

Comprehensive study finds that sustainable eating could save the planet

Cutting down on meat could drastically reduce global warming.

Mysterious, Stonehenge-like, 1,500 year old monument found in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic, 1,500-year-old stone monument in Kazakhstan.

Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt

Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.

Stunning photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe emerge - just as they're threatened by illegal gold miners

Spectacular images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon have emerged, but conservationists and indigenous populations fear that the villagers are in grave danger.

It's official: NASA's "impossible" EM drive has been peer-reviewed and published

Complicated physics, impossible results.

New Zealand town builds a 25 meter long tunnel to save blue penguins

Blue penguins were facing a perilous transit to their nests, so a New Zealand city decided to build an underpass to protect them.

Just 1C global warming impacts every aspect of life on Earth, new study finds

Things are already bad.

Video: watch how a beautiful forest changes during a year

Filmmaker Samuel Orr took 40,000 still images from his front window in a forest cabin to show how nature changes day by day.

Slovenia just declared water a universal right for all

This might make a big difference in the future.

The North Pole is a whopping 36F (20C) hotter than it should be right now

Things are not looking good in the North Pole.

Smog kills more than 400 people in Iran's capital Tehran

Unprecedented levels of smog pollution in Iran's capital have killed over 400 people.

Australia lobbies coal mine at climate talks

Bad Australia, bad!

China to Trump: We didn't invent global warming

China is schooling the US on climate change. What a time to be alive.

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