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Why Stephen Hawking Was Afraid of Aliens

"Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus," he said.

Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers

Drones are hot on the poachers' hot traces.

Rare dinosaur footprint fossils give clues into a forgotten era

These tracks lead to a different world.

Bats are migrating earlier due to climate change, and this could spell trouble for our crops

Bats provide more than $22 billion of indirect value to farmers by controlling pests. When bats fall, so does our food.

Extinct monitor lizard used to have four eyes -- and this is a pretty big deal

The extra eyes are called the pineal and parapineal organs.

Mind-controlled mice are forced to ignore food, water, and sex to complete maze

This was equally awesome and disturbing to watch.

Researchers investigate intriguing 'baby' tyrannosaur fossil

It's an extremely well-preserved fossil, but for now, it raises more questions than it answers.

Brown bear moms raise their cubs differently due to hunting

Our actions often have unexpected consequences.

Scientists create earwig-inspired origami, with potential applications in space travel, foldable electronics, and tents

The tiny earwig's wing could lead to better space probes and tents.

Bees can defend themselves against some neonicotinoid pesticides

A new way to make pesticides more bee-friendly.

Trees that grow up in a neighborhood with many species produce more wood

Strength in numbers (of species).

Most grey wolves today are actually wolf-dog hybrids, due to cross-breeding

Who's a hybrid booooy?! Yes you are a hybrid booooy!

Triceratops may have had horns to advertise good genes and attract mates

It's always about sex, isn't it?

Termite royalty wear chemical crowns to bedazzle their subjects

Bow down, plebs.

Human-secreted malaria antibody could usher in an effective, long-term treatment

Not one day too soon!

Scientists engineer new life form with mixed Bacteria and Archaea membrane

This is essentially a new life form with both modern and 'primordial' traits.

New method developed to stop bacteria from sharing antibiotic resistance genes

No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!

Python moms take care of their offspring, surprising researchers

Mother love -- with fangs.

Proteins can be kept active outside of a cell for the first time-- and used to degrade toxic chemicals

This is a massive breakthrough!

Royal jelly, the food of queen-to-be(e)s, changes from liquid to solid when more acidic

It keeps the queen larvae hanging on.

Researchers develop nanospears that can transport DNA to cells with pinpoint accuracy

This new technique is less harmful to the cells and more efficient than other non-viral DNA transfer techniques.

Novel cell-in-a-shell is a like a body armor for tiny living things

It's like cells wearing power-armor!

Low oxygen “dead-zones” can be deadlier to marine life than we thought

Beware ye who swim here.

Pee, Poop, and Perspiration Will Be Useful in Traveling to Mars

Astronauts' waste will not be wasted.

Scientists invent ultra-white coating inspired by beetle scales

It's 20 times whiter than paper.

"Haa, haa"-- the creepy laughing sound that ravens make reveals their age and sex

The ravens "laugh" when need help accessing food.

Citizen science called upon to study liverworts and help quantify climate change

These plants could become our climate "canary in the coal mine".

A spider hitched a ride to Hawaii, then evolved into many brightly colored species

Always the same colors: white, brown, and gold.

The secret to youth? Exercising regularly keeps seniors’ bodies young and healthy

Yet another benefit of exercising!

Permian lizard detached tail to escape predators, a trait still found in modern lizards

It took more than a hundred million years before lizards re-evolved this feature.

Nanobodies On The Road To Curing Parkinson's Disease

Mostly affecting those 60 years old and older, an estimated 7 to 10 million people worldwide have Parkinson's Disease.

Slowing Down Cancer by Activating the Circadian Clock

New research suggests we can target body clock genes to prevent tumors.

Scientists engineer crop that uses 25% less water without compromising yield

It could make food crops more resilient to droughts.

Efforts to pull the northern white rhino from the brink of extinction intensify as the last living male declines in health

Things are not looking good for the subspecies.

Officially demoted: termites are the new cockroaches

Turns out, termites are basically social cockroaches.

Two raven lineages that tied the knot yield evidence of 'speciation reversal'

Birds of a feather... merge together.

Mesozoic baby bird fossil sheds new light on evolution

It's impressive that we can learn so much about something so fragile, from so long ago.

Darwin's "advertising" -- the magnificent biological art of Ernst Haeckel

You might have not heard his name, but you should have.

Silicon-based life on Earth? Only artificially, so far -- but maybe natural on other planets

A team of researchers forced bacteria to create carbon-silicon bonds, and their experiment showcases why life on our planet chose carbon.

Death creeps through the brain as a "spreading wave" of silence and inactivity

In a dark way, these findings are quite soothing.

Birds of a feather -- A story of Vikings and pillows

Identifying feathers could be extremely useful.

Re-emerging life in Earth's driest desert sparks hopes for life on Mars

Life, as they say, finds a way.

Scientists show how fat cells help heal wounds in fruit flies [VIDEO]

An exciting research catches fat cells migrating by themselves for the first time.

Saddle up: New evidence forces us to rethink what we know about horse history

Instead of the domesticated horses deriving from today's wild horses, it's the other way around.

External temperature also influences our circadian rhythms, study reports

It's not just low light that makes us sleepy.

Plants' climate-compensation systems will be overwhelmed by climate change

Climate change could cause an ecological break-down.

In the future, we could be all snacking on jellyfish chips

Don't be so quick to say no.

Plants colonized the land 500 million years ago -- much earlier than we thought

Plants might have moved on to the land 100 million years earlier than we thought.

The mysterious deep-sea Dumbo octopus hatchlings look just like adults [with video]

These hatchlings emerge fully-formed, ready to take on the world from day one.b

An almost indestructible houseplant uses deception to get pollinated

It pretends to be a fungus.

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