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The best black hole photo memes the internet has to offer

Get sucked into the joyous celebration of the black hole image.

This is what the photographed black hole's "neighborhood" looks like

You came into the right neighborhood.

Fossil Friday: new study says Texas used to be a 'veritable Serengeti' 11 to 12 million years ago

If you like cool photos of fossils, we've got just the paper for you!

Stunningly beautiful maps from Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs

Science, meet art!

The US wealth gap hasn't been this big since the "Roaring '20s"

The "Roaring 20s" ended with the Great Depression. How will this decade end?

Fossil Friday: Jurassic crocodile shows us how the scaly killers came to be

The team says it looked more like a dolphin than a crocodile.

These "Night-Sky" petunias look like they hold galaxies in their petals

There's something very cosmic about these earthly flowers.

This viral image is making people realize they have astigmatism

Do you have it?

Thousand-year-old illustrated manuscript of herbal remedies now available online

Don't try these at home.

Why Do People Lie? The Truth about Dishonesty

Everybody lies, they say.

New AI turns simple doodles into photorealistic landscapes -- within seconds

The future is here, and it looks absolutely amazing.

Movies can be used to get people to help in anti-corruption efforts

Who said movies never teach you anything?

Do DNA tests make for good gifts?

Just a few years ago, DNA testing was a scientific pursuit — and a rather expensive one at that. But the technology has advanced and cheapened so much, that people routinely take genetic tests — millions do it every year. It’s indeed satisfying to know about our ancestry, heritage, fitness, health and a host of other […]

Researchers find owner of frozen seal poop USB

It's not clear how the USB ended up inside the seal.

An empty home tax could be more effective than building new homes, new study concludes

Who's against having an empty home tax?

Here's how you can feed your ex's spirit animal (a bug) to a meerkat

A timeless Valentine's gift.

Indian state set to launch world's biggest basic income experiment

This would be the world's largest experiment of this type.

Japanese hotel fires robots to replace them with humans

They took our jobs! Uhm... no wait... we took their jobs!!

War makes people more religious, sparking a potentially vicious cycle

War and religion -- name a more iconic duo.

The 'you may know me from' meme is awesome for explaining your job

Hi, I'm a science communicator. You may know me from such greatest hits as...

The 26 richest people own more than 50% of the planet -- and the gap is widening

There's a new billionaire every other day, the report finds.

Finland's awesome new library is so popular it's running out of books

Talk about a first world problem!

US Government shutdown hits hard at scientists -- and research in general

This is yet another reminder that political decisions have massive implications for science.

Americans are happier in states that spend more on public goods like libraries and parks

Useful information for policymakers.

This AI can do a 3D facial reconstruction from a single picture

It's seriously cool.

Amid government shutdown, US National Parks overflow with garbage

This is bad news.

Populist leaders are threatening democracy, researchers warn

The world is experiencing a dramatic surge of populism.

An ancient recipe for chicken and damsons

An old, delicious recipe.

Germany's word of the year is a climate change pun

It's a hot topic.

Look at all these faces. None of them are real -- they were created by an AI

Un-real.

Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transportation free

It's Luxembourg's moment in the spotlight.

Young Hawaiian seals are showing up with eels stuck in their noses -- and we're not really sure why

Sure you've had bad days, but have you had an 'eel up your nose' day?

Finland's 100-year gift to itself: a beautiful, futuristic, and free library

What better gift could there be?

The Art Institute of Chicago Now offered unrestricted access to over 52,000 high-res artistic imagery

It's a laudable initiative.

They did surgery on a grape -- the absurd meme conquering our hearts

They did surgery on a grape.

Armageddon prospects loom over the World Chess Championship

Fabiano Caruana is the first American to play World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972.

This stunning medieval book has 6 bindings -- and is essentially 6 different books

It's jaw-droppingly beautiful.

Rising seas might mean more coral reef islands -- if we don't murder all the corals

We might get more 'exotic' if we dial down on the 'extinction'.

Whole Shakespeare collection hidden inside a single tweet

Shakespeare-ception.

The Internet Relay Chat (IRC) turned 30 -- and it probably changed our lives

Remember the good old days?

No Photoshop involved: this iceberg really is almost perfectly rectangular

It's as if someone cut it with a knife.

Scientists develop self-lubricating, smart condoms

An innovation which will make a lot of people happyier.

Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it's very, very bad

That's... surprisingly damaging!

Just 20% of US students learn a foreign language -- compared to 92% in Europe

This seems to be a systemic problem.

Canada’s Pied Piper Province -- How Alberta Became Rat-less

Alberta managed something that few other areas can boast.

Fossil Friday: the tiniest, most adorable Tylosaurus skull ever found

IT'S. SO. TINY!

Banksy stencil sells for $1.3 million -- then immediately self-destructs

The painting doubled in value, since this is Banksy world and normal rules don't seem to apply.

We have accounts of PTSD in warfare from Homer to the Middle Ages

Things are not OK.

Globalization is an ancient practice, new research reveals

Cooperation is the key to success!

Astronaut tweets incredible pictures of Hurricane Florence heading for the US East Coast

"Watch out, America!"

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