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Despite lacking ears, spiders can hear you talk across the room

Tingling spider senses.

Oldest avian voice box suggests quacking sounds filled the air during the age of dinosaurs

We don't know how dinosaurs sounded like but I'll tell you this much: they didn't honk.

Marilize Legajuana: most Americans support lifting cannabis ban. Only a decade ago the reverse was true

It's high time we made pot legal, say most Americans.

Hundreds of prehistoric human footprints found near African volcano tell unique story

A prehistoric walk in the park

Some Tibetan asses employ sneaky tactics to sweep away females from other males

Watch out, guys, these are real asses!

Human-driven global warming responsible for half of burned forests in the Western U.S.

The planet is on fire.

The imminent self-driving car revolution might the best thing to happen to motorcyclists

These promise safer roads for everyone, but bikers are expected to benefit the most.

Ancient 'bear dog' species found by accident in museum collection from Chicago

They looked far less fearsome than their name suggests, though.

Elon Musk schools CEO of biggest coal producing company in the U.S. after calling Tesla a 'fraud'

Father future vs Grandpa pee-in-his-pants past.

Mars-bound astronauts face risk of dementia from brain damaging cosmic rays

Talk about a space headache.

When mice 'sing' they produce ultrasounds we've only seen in jet engines

Until recently it wasn't clear how mice were able to 'sing' their high-pitched tunes.

Elephants walk on their tip-toes and it's literally killing them in captivity

Elephants don't walk on high heels, but they act like they do nevertheless.

Some birds play tunes not all that different from jazz musicians

Humans were by no means the first to evolve musicality.

Scientists coax mice with injured spinal cords to regrow nerve fibers, something deemed impossible not too long ago

With the help of a novel drug therapy, mice with spinal cord damage showed nerve cell regeneration at the injured site.

The labour gender gap might start at home: girls spend 40% more time on chores more than boys, worldwide

For some girls, chores are a training academy for a life as a housekeeper.

13 delicious oyster facts you probably didn't know

They are important for ecosystem equilibrium, keeping the ocean clean, and it doesn't stop here.

Algorithm finally cuts any cake in equal, envy-free slices

Because cutting cake has to be perfect.

Apes can also understand what's in other people's heads, and can even spot false beliefs

We're not so special after all.

Struggling with math? You might have what scientists call a 'math disability'

You now have a new excuse for failing math.

Americans are worried about climate change but, paradoxically, aren't talking about it (and this doesn't help at all)

When everyone is silent, nothing gets done.

Blue Origin passes key emergency espace test for its capsule with flying colours, then soft lands its rocket too

A huge milestone was reached by Jeff Bezos' space venture.

Human lifespan might have hit the ceiling at 115 years of age -- can we live longer than this?

We can only hope so.

What the villa of a wealthy roman from Pompeii looked like before it was buried by ash

The epitome of Roman class -- before all hell broke loose.

New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon

Some 20 million years ago, both the Atlantic and the Pacific were haunted by a huge shark the size of a car.

China wants to build the biggest spaceplane ever. It would be capable of carrying 20 space tourists

China's audacious plan to seize the space tourism market.

The safest locks might be those encrypted by passwords transmitted through the body

Your body is the key now.

Why meat is unsustainable and what the protein chain of the future ought to look like

By the end of the century, the planet is expected to clock ten billion hungry mouths. If everyone ate meat, we'd be in a lot of trouble.

Ancient Chinese 2,500-year-old grave was covered in a shroud of 13 Cannabis plants

The plants were so well preserved, they still contained THC-rich trichomes -- even after all this time!

Programmable 3-D printed soft materials helps robots and drone make a soft landing

This is real custom work.

Exoskeleton glove lets you touch, grasp and feel objects in virtual reality

This amazing glove lets you manipulate and feel objects in VR.

Alcohol and rapid antidepressants share the same brain pathway, which might explain a lot of things

This serves to explain why a drink or two when you're down can go a long way.

World's deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic -- explorers still haven't reached the bottom

It's so deep explorers had to use a submersible robot to map the cave. The rope wasn't long enough, though.

India, world's 3rd biggest polluter, ratifies Paris Agreement -- vows to reach 40% renewables by 2030

We're only a shy of sealing the Paris pact.

Moms today spend twice as much time caring for their kids than in 1965. Dads quadruple that

You didn't think you were such a great parent, did you?

Hydropower: not that clean after all. Study finds reservoirs around the world emit as much CO2 as Canada

A new huge source of carbon emissions has been confirmed by scientists.

New wind turbine could harness typhoons and generate enough electricity to power Japan for 50 years

Where most people see a threat, a select few see the opportunity of a lifetime.

Science explains why some people age faster and die younger regardless of lifestyle

Can we wind the clock back?

The surprising reason why birds never crash mid-air: they always veer right

Seems to work wonderfully for them.

China will build the world's biggest solar farm: 6 million panels amounting to 2GW, stretched over 7,000 city blocks

China does it again.

Reconstructive surgery gets a much needed upgrade with 3-D printed 'hyper-elastic bones'

Amazing times ahead for medicine.

Did the vaccine for the common cold just had to include all rhinoviruses? Why didn't you say so!

Really, is it that easy? Let's hope so.

'We won't ever see a month below 400ppm,' said NASA’s chief climate scientist

We'll have some explaining to do when our kids grow up.

Did Neanderthals and humans share the same hearing?

The study might help answer whether neanderthals were capable of the same communication abilities as humans.

Elon Musk unveils the ITS: a spaceship capable of carrying 100 people destined to settle Mars

Yet another audacious plan from the billionaire entrepreneur.

WiFi can be used to distinguish between household members with up to 95% accuracy

Useful, creepy, I can't tell yet.

How one Japanese used Deep Learning to sort his parents' cucumbers

You don't need to change the world for deep learning to have a meaningful impact in your life.

China's 'Alphabet' raises $1 billion in funding to make electric cars

Electric vehicles are at home in China.

This is the first pop song written by an A.I. and it sounds a lot like The Beatles

You can dance to it. Who said robots were boring?

How much land California needs to cover with solar panels to become 100% fossil fuel-free

Sounds like a lot, but by comparison with other infrastructure, it's far from being intimidating. 'Let's get to work!'

Swedish scientists plan to edit the genes of healthy human embryos, treading on thin ice

They plan to cut genes out until they learn which are involved in miscarriages.

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