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

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

Ugly Unicorn: Metal-tipped prehistoric ant drank the blood of its victims for dinner

Stabby stabby!

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.

The simple reason why climate change is affecting hurricanes

It's pretty simple math.

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.

Tapwater around the world is full of microplastics, study reveals

It's literally everywhere.

What plants can teach us about solving traffic jams

Plants too experience internal nutrient traffic jams, and they're fantastic at responding to them.

New water-based lithium-ion battery will never explode in your face

Someone send Samsung the memo.

Macaques may have just entered the Stone Age

Crack open a nutty one.

Scotland to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2032, eight years earlier than the rest of the UK

A great move for the Scotts.

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.

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

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

The best photos from the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year

These are some brilliant entries.

Birmingham design student crafts cool, fully recyclable furniture -- from cow dung

You could say she... manurefactures them.

CRISPR used for first time to change flower color in Japanese ornamental plant

A popular Japanese flower was used to demonstrate the power of CRISPR.

The Caspian Sea is running out of "sea" because of climate change, paper reports

Soon to be the ex-largest inland lake on Earth.

White Cliffs of Dover in danger from developers, National Trust pleas for donations to keep them safe

A unique place is in danger. Here's how to pitch in.

Some otters learn how to solve problems by observing other otters

Otters are copycats.

Every other day, a new species is discovered in the Amazon

There's also some bad news...

Beer wastes are being recycled to make more environmentally friendly beer

It's like spinning gold from straw.

Why leaves come in so many different sizes, explained by new study

A new study overturns a classic textbook theory.

Higher temperature and more CO2 is good for trees, but overall climate change will damage forests

It could start a self-reinforcing loop.

Harvey flood: Fire ants make raft from their body to survive and protect their eggs

It's the stuff of nightmares.

Great apes abilities misunderstood in decades of research by human hubris

Sure, we think chimps are clever -- but never as clever as us.

Lonely microbes become resistant against antibiotics more quickly

Being lonely makes you more desperate.

Most shark fins and ray gills sold in Vancouver come from threatened, trade-banned species

We're literally eating the viability of tomorrow's oceans.

New Technology Could Keep Bees Buzzing for Years to Come

It's high time we do something to protect them.

Rare Amazon monkey spotted for the first time in 80 years

We've found it, but we may soon lose it again to hunting.

Exxon did know about climate change since the 70s -- and it lied, knowingly

They knew about it and yet they did everything they could to hide it.

The challenges of waste management in the shipping and transportation industry

Individuals and businesses can send and receive shipments from almost anywhere. But there's a hidden cost.

The first new Thorium salt reactor comes online after 40 years

This could be huge.

A pair of puppies can run and play after been treated for their spina bifida

It could be a cure for humans too!

American “mudbug” crabs have invaded Berlin

A strange sight for Berliners who have been wondering what the large crabs, “lobsters”, and “scorpions” are doing in their city.

Disaster as thousands of Atlantic salmon escape from fish farm on the west coast

Potentially catastrophic for Pacific salmon.

Adorable pig-nosed frog completely new to science found in India

There's more to it than meets the eye.

Researchers design carbon yarn that generates energy from motion or waste heat

I guess we can all be current benders now!

Though extinct for centuries, the Dodo's secrets and lifestyle have now come to light

Extinct but not forgotten.

Trees provide hundreds of millions of dollars in services to cities for free, paper reports

Ca-ching!

How mythical creatures can help conservation or, on the contrary, lead to species going extinct

There's a connection between the Loch Ness Monster and keeping wildlife safe.

Cyborg bacteria equipped with tiny solar panels outperform photosynthesis

Trees aren't obsolete yet but this hybrid system can do amazing things.

Roadmap aims to supercharge 139 countries to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Going 100% renewable eliminates 4-7 million air pollution deaths each year and creates 24 million long-term, full-time jobs.

British Royal Mail to start piloting sleek electric trucks

They're sleek, red, and bring your packages on time -- now with zero emissions.

Juice company dumped orange peels in Costa Rican national park in the 90s -- it revived the forest

Orange is the new forest.

These are the cities with the worst traffic (continent by continent)

Europe's and North America's leaders are quite surprising.

Trump Administration reverses ban on plastic water bottles in America's national parks. ‘Corporate agenda is king,' say environmentalists

The latest in a long running-list of anti-environmental measures by the President and team.

Ocean exploration reveals trove of natural diversity off Cuba's shores

The reefs seem healthier... let's try to keep them that way.

How algae prepared the ground for complex life 650 million years ago

The story of the rise of the algae.

Baby dolphin killed as hundreds of selfish tourists take pictures with it

Please stop taking photos with wild animals!

Gene variant that makes plump, juicy tomatoes identified by scientists

Who doesn't love a plump tomato?

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