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Insects in Germany have declined by up to two-thirds in ten years
This not just happening only in Germany, but all over the world.
AI is beating almost all of mankind at Starcraft
Let's teach AI to beat us at strategy war games -- that sounds like a neat idea.
Tree-planting campaign raises $8 million in five days
Project Team Trees seeks to plant 20 million trees by 2020
South Africa is repaving its roads with recycled plastic milk bottles
A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste
Plastic-hunting barge cleans up world’s rivers
The aim of the project is to clean 1.000 of the world's most polluted rivers
Your brain only needs 0.1 to 0.3 seconds to recognize a familiar song
This could lead to new treatments for certain mental illnesses.
Teen girls on birth-control pills show more symptoms of depression
The pill might trigger hormonal changes in developing teens that may make them more prone to depression.
Why do we do the things we do? A new study says it comes down to four factors
A new study reports that there are four broad categories for the motivations that drive human behavior: prominence, inclusiveness, negativity prevention, and tradition. Image via Pixabay. What do people want?...
Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would...
Just thinking about an object’s brightness is enough to change pupil size
The eyes as windows to the mind.
Recycling plastic could become easier thanks to this new technology
A factory in France has created a process to recycle any plastic into any other plastic
Immune system could be altered for years after a wildfire
Tiny particles penetrate into the lungs and the bloodstream
Sea level rise could endanger three times more people than previously expected
About 110 million worldwide live below the high-tide level.
New dark energy experiment may solve one of the universe’s greatest mysteries
Will we have to rewrite Einstein's theory of gravity? The DESI experiment could find out.
A unique tree could help soils remain fertile in the Amazon
The inga tree can grow in very poor soil and improve it
Scientists perform brain-to-brain communication between humans
Not exactly telepathy but darn close, that's for sure.
Sunlight might affect gut microbiome diversity
Vitamin D might mediate the link between sunlight and healthy bacterial diversity in the gut.
Immune cells on our skin destroy drug-resistant bacteria (MRSA) all the time, study finds
Why isn't there a copy-paste command in biology?
Smallest-yet image sensor for medical use wins Guinness World Record
It's the size of a grain of sand.
Growing demand for private jets challenges climate action
Companies and millionaires are expected to buy 8.000 new jets over the next decade
