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Your eyes give you away when you're making a mistake -- but only for certain kinds of mistakes

The eyes never lie.

Treated wastewater could release antibiotic-resistance genes into the wild

Uh-oh.

How acacia ants use vibrations to detect intruders and protect their host plants

The tree deals its sweet nectar to the ants, which then go to great lengths to protect it.

Timeline for giant sloth extinction rewritten by new analysis

A little dirt makes a lot of difference.

Slightly-tweaked microbe could create plastics from a common plant waste material

Lignin’ on a dream!

Asia may have given the world beer yeast, new research finds

Thank you, Asia, you're the real MVP.

Megalodon's teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find

This is not the Nemo you're looking for.

The brains of singing mice might hold the secret of how we engage in conversation

I'd describe most of my conversations as 'hostage situations'.

Mobile bioprinter promises to print new 'skin' straight onto any wound

No skin? No problem!

Yeast genetically-modified to produce cannabis compounds

In fact, it can produce some cannabinoids that are not naturally-occurring.

Scientists give mice infrared vision (and humans could be next)

That moment when science fiction meets reality.

Plastic is "everywhere" in the ocean, including its deepest trenches -- "There's no good aspect to this," researchers say

Thrash we've thrown away years ago is killing ocean life as you're reading this.

Antarctic icefish produces antifreeze to maintain liquid blood

This group of fish is unique among all vertebrates.

Collagen networks and hyaluronic acid literally keep you in shape, new study reports

How most of us feel in regards to our shape, well, that's not biology's concern.

'Silver spoons' stay with mongooses for life -- then pass off to their offspring

Nothing like some sweet TLC to give you a nice start in life.

World's largest bee makes a comeback from the dead

Wallace’s giant bee -- about four times larger than a honeybee -- hadn't been spotted for nearly four decades until a band of explores rediscovered it.

Climate change will make extreme cold more prevalent -- and that's bad news for some animals

"Extreme" things generally aren't very healthy.

How the zebra's stripes ward off insects

Scientists finally found out how insects are kept away from zebras.

The 'forager gene' of humans and fruit flies works in practically the same way

No time like mealtime.

Neanderthal diet revolved around meat, new study finds

Caveburgers, anyone?

Activating one gene in the brains of male mice helps reverse depression

Sorry ladies.

Grasses steal neighbors' genes to one-up other species

"They're OUR genes, tovarish plant" -- grasses.

Desert ants' complex behavior is actually built from very simple interactions

The colonies work similarly to a brain, actually.

Giant African Titanosaur had a heart-shaped tail

The perfect Valentine's dinosaur -- a massive Titanosaur!

For the first time, we can "see" the physical forces of cells in action

This could revolutionize the study of life sciences.

How poppy petals create striking colors despite being thinner than your skin

In news today: male beetles think poppy flowers are hot. Science!

The world is running out of insects -- because of us -- and it will lead to a “catastrophic collapse"

They may be creepy crawlies, but we need them.

A new study explains how snakes lost their legs

They didn't lose the genes for limbs -- they're just blocked.

Fish can recognize themselves in the mirror. Does that mean they're self aware?

The study casts an unexpected doubt on our very definition of self-awareness.

Butterflies are genetically wired to mate with others like them

Surprisingly, these butterflies could teach us a thing or two about humans.

Newly discovered toothless dinosaur was surprisingly cute

Some scientists say it was more a bird than a dinosaur.

How orcas hunt -- and some surprising findings

The males hunt more than the females, researchers found.

New software allows researchers to CATCH any known virus in a sample

"Tools like CATCH will help us and others detect outbreaks earlier and generate more data on pathogens that can be shared with the wider scientific and medical research communities," the authors say.

Over 100 new species of bacteria discovered in your gut

I had a gut feeling they would.

Climate change will recolor much of the oceans by 2100, MIT research suggests

It's not good news.

Oldest feather does not belong to Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx remains a key link in dinosaur-bird evolution, but maybe it wasn't all that unique.

We can eradicate malaria -- but we need to use new tricks

Improvise, adapt, eliminate.

Paleontologists discovered a new species of ancient shark -- and it was so, so tiny

"[Its] teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of its discoverers.

The worst of multiple sclerosis can be avoided or delayed with early treatment

The study is the first to provide evidence that currently-available treatments can delay the progress of MS.

Over half of the world's wild coffee faces extinction, new research finds

We're not facing a shortage of coffee right now, but scarcity is possible in the near future.

Why scientists want to engineer spicy tomatoes

I mean, who wouldn't want to try a hot tomato?

Your brain pays more attention to objects it knows are small -- no matter how large they seem

Want more attention? Science says, be smaller.

The rogue Chinese scientist who made the first gene-edited human babies could face death penalty

He Jiankui is currently confined to his home and under armed guard.

Bees use a small number of neurons to count, and they're one of the best counters we know

They're so cute and fuzzy, too <3.

Exercise is as good as medicine for lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension

For some patients, even low-intensity exercise could get them off meds.

Irish dirt might cure the world of (most) multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Dirt me uuuuupppp.

Novel vaccine might spell the end of Zika

Good riddance.

New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones

BEEEE cause we can, that's why.

Building blocks of life can spontaneously form in outer space

Biology -- it may literally be out of this world.

Coastal erosion reveals incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprints in southern England

It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.

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