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Tesla's new Semi is an electrical monster, but can it really deliver?

This could be a game changer.

New US tax bill would pile more taxes on PhD students

Not a promising sign for research in the states.

The secret behind what makes a song happy

Hint: pay attention to the chords.

NASA releases atmospheric simulation of this year's hurricane season

Cool and pretty at the same time!? NASA gets the best things!

Why does hot water freezes faster than cold water? Enter the Mpemba effect

Physics, the original troll.

See CRISPR in action in a new video

With amazing resolution down to the nanometer.

The first 3D interactive brain is here to teach you all about how yours works

Taking a look at BrainFacts.org's surprisingly fun new feature.

NASA releases creepy space sounds for Halloween

Ever wondered how Halloween sounds like in space?

Numbered jerseys for medical personnel leads to better teamwork and efficiency, researchers find

As a bonus, it also probably makes them look awesome.

Scientist trains AI to generate Halloween costumes ideas, and some are pretty good

Could AIs be... creative?

What Einstein thought about God, the Universe, science and religion

Einstein is also often misinterpreted and even misquoted. So what did the brilliant man think of the Universe?

NASA wants Curiosity Rover to resume drilling on Mars

It took a bit of creative tinkering, but significant progress has been reported.

Astronaut shows what fidget spinners can do in outer space

NASA just wins, can everyone stop with the fidget spinner videos now?

Dutch design student creates wonderful packaging alternative to help save the environment

Simple, elegant, efficient. Awesome!

"Apocalyptic" Red Sun phenomenon in UK triggered by Hurricane Ophelia, forest fires, and dust from the Sahara

The red Sun is not dangerous, but the hurricane is!

Tonight, SpaceX will live-broadcast launch of previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket

Brave move. Hopefully, it will pay off.

Mouse Mazes and Cutting Edge Science: A Discussion with Harvard's Shuhan He

A winding discussion about neuroscience, technology, and mouse mazes.

Scott Pruitt says subsidies give renewables an unfair edge, and here's why he's a monumental hypocrite

Capital H.

Elon Musk tweeting with Rick (and Morty) about simulation singularity is the best thing I've seen all week

Things got funny fast.

Photographing the unseen: Winners of Nikon Small World 2017

Some breathtaking sights.

Facebook turns over 3,000 Russian-bought ads featuring rifles, anti-immigrant messages

They even weaponized puppies.

Astronauts put flat-earth rapper B.o.B. back in his place

Someone call the Spanish Inquisition

Aggressive driving burns up to 40% more fuel and can waste one dollar per gallon

Ah cost, the ultimate motivator.

UK puts Isaac Newton coin into circulation

I don't think you understand the gravity of this.

Rapper B.o.B. wants people to give him $1 million so he can prove the Earth is flat

The comments are glorious.

Ever wondered how Angela Merkel's CV would look like -- on a single page?

If she can fit it on a page, why can't you?

The most expensive fungus in the world: a dead caterpillar that sells for 50,000 USD a pound

It's also known as the "Viagra of the Himalayas".

Jorge Cervera Hauser's Spectacular Pictures of Sea Creatures

As beautiful as it gets.

Picture of the day: up close with a strawberry

Strawberries aren't really berries... they're not even fruit!

Designer Oscar Lhermitte brings the moon to your fingertips

You can't get any more lunar than this without leaving the planet.

Cats are both solid and liquid -- and other surprising tidbits of science from the Ig Nobel Awards

Cats really *are* liquid... but only sometimes.

The Colossal Earthworks of Stan Herd

Entire fields are his canvas.

Seal hitches a ride on the back of a whale

Sometimes, you just hitch a ride on a whale.

Democracy is failing in the West, scientists warn

Only 19% of young Americans think it's wrong for the military to take over the government if it's incompetent or doesn't do it's job.

Mimicry at its finest -- or why this is not a snake

Disclaimer: this is not an actual snake.

Carefree Crow Hitches a Ride on the Back of Bald Eagle

Don't mind me, just hitching a ride.

"Nothing" changed: ancient Indian text pushes the history of zero back 500 years

As far as modern tech and know-how is concerned, zero is the hero.

Please don't shoot Hurricane Irma, officials warn

Don't challenge the hurricanes.

Amazing timelapse video shows Harvey flooding a parking lot

A flood of biblical proportions.

The best photos from the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year

These are some brilliant entries.

Too much innovation wrecks weak economies, too much competition paralyzes strong ones, paper reports

Moderation is key.

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

You could say she... manurefactures them.

Not art nor Instagram: Food art does not represent reality

Your Instagrams are not original. Painters have been doing it for centuries.

'I Detest America' -- trove of Alan Turing letters give unique insight to his life

A spectacular mind treated unfairly by society.

Waste not, want not: astronauts to turn pee into nutrients, tools on deep-space missions

Stay hydrated up there, ladies and gents.

Untouched 106 year old fruitcake found in the Antarctic -- it's probably still edible

No one touched it for more than a century, not even the penguins.

A history of how computers went from stealing your heart, to stealing your job

They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.

National Geographic chooses winners for their 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year -- and they're stunning

The winner is absolutely amazing.

Thought octopuses only live in water? Watch David Attenborough explain how the only land octopus hunts

If you thought octopuses were amazing, wait 'till you see this.

World's first smiley face found, painted 3,700 years ago on a jug in Turkey

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