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Astronomers detect far-away baby exoplanet surrounded by moon-forming disk

It's almost unbelievable we can see stuff like this hundreds of light-years away.

Drone deliveries consume 94% less energy per parcel than diesel trucks

The future sounds cloudy with a chance of drone swarms.

Right before they hatch, baby birds have hip bones shaped exactly like a dinosaur's pelvis

Birds really are dinosaurs!

New low-calorie sweetener tastes like sugar and improves gut health

Finally an artificial sweetener that may actually be good.

This self-healing coating repairs car scratches with just 30 minutes in the sun

The coating repairs itself when a special dye is activated by energy from the sun.

Cutting calories and eating at the right time of the day may be the secret to a long life

Eating less and timed with the most active phase of the day extended the life span of mice by a whooping 35%.

Physicists map gigantic supercharged lightning jets with 100 times more charge than regular lightning bolts

These are some of the most mysterious weather phenomena on Earth.

Men are much more likely than women to get cancer -- and it may all be due to inherent biological sex differences

It's not exactly clear why many more men than women get cancer, but it's a reality that men should be aware of and prepare accordingly.

Honeybee venom kills aggressive and resistant breast cancer cells

A compound found in bee venom destroyed 100% of the hardest-to-kill breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.

Concerning 'Mind After Midnight' theory shows why you shouldn't stay up at night

Not so great news for you night owls.

Scientists may have just found the world's best semiconductor

Move over, silicon.

James Webb's latest gem is this stunning picture of Cartwheel galaxy

The galaxy's odd shape is owed to an ancient collission between two galaxies.

Scientists restore organ function in pigs even hours after death

The technology could dramatically improve the lifespan of precious organs meant for transplantation.

AI solves, explains, and proposes new university-level math problems

University students at MIT couldn't tell if the math problems they were shown were proposed by a human or a machine.

This free AI tool restores old and deteriorated photos in an instant

Time to dust off those old family photos in the attic.

How friendships between rich and poor kids could lift people out of poverty

Climbing the social ladder is increasingly difficult in the United States -- one of the reasons why may be because rich kids aren't interacting with poor kids anymore.

Earth just had its shortest day ever -- and an irregular wobble at the poles may be to blame

Days were actually supposed to get longer, not shorter. What gives?

This is the world's longest flexible fiber battery. You can weave and wash it in fabrics

The new battery fiber allows designs and applications that have not been possible before.

Rescued turtle in Australia pooped only plastic for 6 days

Thankfully, the hatchling green sea turtle survived and is now well.

Why ancient Romans used sketchy, lopsided dice to gamble and play board games

The Romans gambled their bread money using asymmetrical and 'unfair' dice. A new study suggests they might have cared more about gods than math.

Disposable paper battery is activated by just a drop of water

Tiny, cheap batteries like this could someday turn anything into an electronic device.

DeepMind AI cracks the structure of over 200 million proteins. That's virtually all proteins known to science

We're past a tipping point in science that could prove groundbreaking.

How famine and disease supercharged the spread of lactose tolerance in Europe

The story of how some human populations gained lactose tolerance may be more gruesome than you might have imagined.

One in five American adults don't want children and they'll likely never change their minds. What this means post-Roe

Many more Americans than previously thought could be forced to have kids they don't really want.

Ice age kids splashed and played in mud puddles in giant sloth footprints

It's amazing we're able to piece this scenery together after all this time.

Half a billion years ago, Earth was on track to become just like Mars. Ancient rocks now show what saved our magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field bounced back right in the nick of time around 550 million years ago.

This AI saved hundreds of lives from sepsis in just five hospitals. Across the US, thousands more could be spared

A machine learning-based early detection system can flag life-threatening sepsis 20% faster than before.

Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore

A brief and to the point overview of all things dinosaurs.

Dutch biotech startup grills its first 'lab-grown' sausages

"This isn’t just like meat, it is meat – 100% delicious meat, identical on every level, but without any of the drawbacks," said one of the startup's founders.

Scientists find DNA from 1,200 different insect species in tea. Here's why that's actually a good sign

Scientists are now using eDNA to uncover hidden things about distant ecosystems simply by studying tea from the local grocery store.

NASA posts pic of rainbow-colored Pluto just in time for Pride Month

Pluto gets splashed in a dash of colors to highlight its varied geography.

This device can help diagnose diseases from your tears

A truly tear-shedding study.

Warm-blooded mammalian creatures first appeared 233 million years ago, and the key is in their ears

Scientists inch closer to solving one of the greatest mysteries in paleontology.

Zombie fungus draws in flies to mate with the dead

The deadly fungus concocts a poisonous love potion, taking full advantage of all living creatures' urge to reproduce.

Scientists want to trap hydrogen in powder form, a solid-state storage that could prove groundbreaking

The technique could also cut energy expenditure during petroleum refining by up to 90%.

Staff well-being plans are more important than ever in the age of remote work. Here's how to make one

Prevention is better than the cure, and companies that foster their employees' wellbeing stand to benefit in the longterm.

Insults are processed by the brain like 'a mini slap to the face'

Some words can hurt, and this new study may explain why.

Why we say 'ums' and 'uhs': your brain is actually working harder

Filler sounds may actually have an important purpose.

Human-on-a-chip system replicates rare neuromuscular disorders, finds new treatment without animal testing

The FDA approved the first clinical trial using efficacy data collected from a microphysiological system. Here's why that's a pretty big deal.

James Webb vs Hubble: a mindblowing side-by-side comparison

James Webb's lens can peer in much greater detail and further back in time than any other telescope in the world.

Is the Law of Attraction real or just bogus? We need to have a talk

The Law of Attraction has been described as a fundamental universal law akin to gravity. But that's just wrong.

There's such a thing as Vitamin D overdose -- and this patient learned it the hard way

Doctors are concerned by the rise of hypervitaminosis D as more and more people take way too many vitamin D suppplements.

Meet the Orchid Mantis. No, this is not a flower

It looks like an entire flower, and its evolutionary history is a story in itself.

Dinosaurs came out of the dark cold to take over the world after Triassic mass extinction

There's still much about dinosaurs we get wrong. A new study suggests dinosaurs could withstand the freezing cold thanks to primitive feathers covering their bodies, drastically altering the popular imagery we have of them.

As many as 10% of cancers in Europe may be caused by pollution

At no time in human history have humans lived so long, prosperously, and relatively peacefully. But that doesn’t mean that modern life is all rosy. Our modern lifestyles are largely made possible by burning copious amounts of fossil fuels to power our industries and gadgets. And that comes at a cost: pollution. There are many […]

Biologists find new carnivorous plant that traps prey underground

We've never seen a pitcher plant like this before.

Scientists may have found the origin of the dreaded Black Plague in 700-year-old cemetery in Central Asia

A centuries-old mystery may have finally been solved.

Think all plastics are recyclable or that biodegradable items actually work? Here's what the experts say

Plastic has become a bane to the environment, but what can we really do about it? Scientists weigh in on what works and what doesn't.

Solar storms are pushing satellites toward Earth. This might get ugly

Solar activity is at its maximum now, accelerating the atmospheric drag faced by satellites by up to tenfold.

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