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Cockroach milk: superfood of the future?

What better way to top off your meal?

Zika virus solution might lie in oil of common flower

The key to fighting Zika might be as simple as a common flower and some water.

Dolly sheep clones show no long-term health issues

Despite concerns, these clones have lived long and healthy lives.

NASA study suggests that one-fifth of global warming missed by historical records

The main cause lies in the lack of available data from the Arctic.

Spider personalities are influenced by temperature

The findings could have implications for the survival of modern animals in the face of global warming.

Need to ward off pesky mosquitoes? Sleep with a chicken over your head

Believe it or not, there's actual scientific proof backing this advice.

Study suggests that primates prefer alcohol in their nectar

Looks like happy hour isn't just a human thing.

Google used DeepMind to cut their electricity bill by a whopping 15%

That adds up to a lot of money.

'Shocking,' 'Plain Stupid': New British Prime Minister shuts down Climate Change Office

The UK seems hell bent on making unfortunate decissions.

Ancient rocks reveal causes of Earth's greatest mass extinction event

The new findings call our current theories on the mass extinction event into question.

Gravitational pull causes some earthquakes on California's San Andreas Fault

Despite being thousands of kilometers away, the sun and moon are behind some of the earthquakes on the Earth.

Scientists turn CO2 into rock in Iceland

Turning air into rock.

Tesla just changed one word in its mission statement - and it's a big change

Energy.

Borneo orangutan and two shark species hit extinction 'red list'

It is alarming to see such emblematic species slide towards extinction

How bringing cougars to cities could actually save lives

These big cats could save a lot of people -- if we let them.

Whales mourn, and grieve, and feel the loss of a loved one -- just like you or me

We all know the pain and harrowing loneliness of losing a loved one, and it seems whales do too.

Research suggests turtle shells evolved for digging, not protection

The discovery highlights how trait functions can change with evolution.

Birds in suburbs defend their territory more aggressively than their rural counterparts

City birds aren't very friendly to each other.

Amber reveals ancient insect that was literally scared out of its skin

After leaving its exoskeleton behind, the insect narrowly avoided amber entombment.

Grand study finds that diversity of life on Earth dropped below "safe" limits

Less species, more problems.

Newborn ducklings are capable of abstract thought

It turns out that ducklings are a lot smarter than we thought.

Two litters of mountain lion kittens found in local mountains of Southern California

The blue-eyed babies give scientists hope for the mountain lion population at large.

The Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to save black-footed ferrets sounds so tasty I'd like to take part

It has M&Ms, peanut butter, flying drones, and fluffy critters. It's perfect.

Dinosaurs probably cooed, not roared

Dinosaurs might not have been as terrifying as we thought.

Crops employ "austerity measures" to conserve water in drought conditions

By limiting the growth of their roots, grassy crops conserve soil water during drought.

Climate change pushing clouds higher into the atmosphere, shifting them towards Earth's poles

These movements could in turn help speed up global warming.

A more sustainable leather industry built from a petri dish

This biomaterial is not only better, but more humane than traditional leather.

Light pollution causes spring to come earlier

The night light burns bright.

Air pollution confuses bees and hinders foraging

Bees have a very keen sense of smell -- they have to in order to survive. But air pollution is seriously plugging their 'nostrils'.

Offshore wind costs hit record low in new Dutch Project

Two new massive 350MW arrays in the Netherlands will supply power to Dutch people at €87/MWh, which translates into under 10 cents/kWh.

Dutch designer creates device that turns smog into beautiful jewelry

Wear it on your fingers, not in your lungs.

UK set to miss 2020 renewable energy goals

The United Kingdom will almost certainly miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy, the National Grid has said.

How a touch screen helped a disabled chimpanzee walk again

An amazing story that might shift the animal care paradigm for the disabled.

Turns out goats and dogs aren't that different when communicating with humans

There's a lot more going on under those horns than you'd think.

Access to Internet is a basic human right, the UN decides

It's a great day for the Internet but we're still just shy of a decisive ruling.

Cyborg locusts might one day detect explosives and diseases

Why build some tech from scratch when nature did all the dirty work for you over millions of years of evolution?

Early childhood stunting costs developing countries $177 billion/year

Developing countries stand to lose $177 billion each year or about half a percentage point of GDP due to delays in the physical development of children.

How cephalopods are masters of camouflage despite seeing in black and white

Despite having a single visual pigment in their retinas, cephalopods can blend with their multi-coloured surroundings easily fooling both prey and predators.

Antarctica could lose 60 percent of its penguins to climate change by the end of the century

Antartica's penguins are in trouble.

Florida's coastlines are choke-full with guacamole-like algae blooms

Just as green, but with 1000% more "ew."

These migrating birds fly non-stop for six months

A truly amazing animal.

If you want to learn how well a pig is doing, listen to its grunts

One of the most familiar livestock animals seems to signal information about their personalities, but also wellbeing, by grunting.

Humanity is driving thousands of species extinct, but there's a flip side -- we also create new species

Humans -- tyrants of creators? Two researchers explored this duality by studying both extinct species and those who had evolved as a direct influence of man.

Climate change is making the Arctic red -- and we should be very worried about it

A tiny algae could spiral out of control with huge consequences.

Leading science societies band together to speak against climate change denial in the U.S. Congress

An open letter to U.S. policy makers signed by 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies reaffirms the reality of man-made climate change.

Scientists find three times more groundwater beneath California's Central Valley -- but a third may already be contaminated

Stanford researchers found California's drought-struck Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously thought.

Global warming is greening the Northern Hemisphere

Global warming is greening the planet, but there's only so much CO2 plants can absorb.

Grumpy old monkeys are more picky with who they call friends, just like humans

Though they're separated by 25 million years of evolution, monkeys and humans share at least one common fact of life: both choose to have a less engaged social life at old age.

Islands shrink large animals and make smaller animals bigger

The island rule is not a myth, but an evolutionary reality.

7,100 cities from 119 countries sign world's largest alliance to curb climate change

Most of the world's greenhouse gas comes from cities - and that's where we have to act.

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