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These lizards can breathe underwater thanks to air bubbles trapped on their skin

The bubbles simultaneously act as a scuba tank and gills to extend time under water.

Carbon emissions are shrinking the stratosphere

Scientists warn that the stratosphere could lose 4% of its thickness by the end of the century.

Poor neighborhoods have less trees and are hotter than rich ones

This is a big problem in some areas.

Ancient Easter Island clans may teach us how to live in perfect isolation on Mars

The strict separation between the islanders’ families may have ensured their cultural survival.

AI translates handwriting brain activity into text

The patient, paralyzed from the neck down, was able to text almost as fast as able-bodied peers on smartphones.

We've changed a third of the Earth's land surface in less than 60 years

Hurray, we did it... wait, that's bad?

China's population surpasses 1.4 billion but reports slowest growth rate in decades

A plunge in births and an older workforce presents challenges for China

We don't really know how many lions there are -- but researchers have an idea to count them

Although lions attract conservation efforts, we're not very good at counting them.

What will restaurants look like after the pandemic? It's complicated

There will likely be no indoor dining until we reach herd immunity, but restaurants can adapt and rise to the challenge.

No green thumb required: Open-source robots can now grow a small farm for you

The only thing cooler than a smart, useful robot is a smart, useful, open-source robot.

Oldest oral bacteria shows Neanderthals grew big brains thanks to carb-rich food

Sugar-rich food, not just meat, fueled the big-brained lineages.

Finally, some good news: Renewables continue surging trend despite the pandemic

It's been one of the best years for renewable energy.

How a CIA sham meant to hunt down Osama Bin Laden swelled antivaxx sentiment in Pakistan

A fake vaccination campaign designed to confirm Bin laden's location harmed legitimate vaccine programs in the country years later.

The semiconductor crisis is now affecting car manufacturers

A global shortage of semiconductors has emerged as a full-blown crisis at the start of the year.

CBD for pets: does it work and is it safe?

The CBD craze just keeps on growing, but the research takes more time to keep up.

Eco-friendly geometry: smart pasta can halve packaging waste at no extra cost

Mathematics to the rescue!

A few million years ago, this giant saber-toothed cat hunted rhinos in North America

Not your average cat.

Cats love to sit in boxes. Even in invisible ones

Even if it's an optical illusion, 'if it fits, I sits'.

Climate change is making tea worse

It's reducing the yield as well.

Ukraine seizes spirit made from apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site

The company hopes to get it soon on the UK market.

Exercise can also help shed your liver fat

Exercise is really good for the body. Your liver will be among the first to say 'thanks!'

A simple sneeze guard could make full-capacity airplanes safer from COVID-19 spread

While vaccination is still far away for people in many parts of the world, airlines will need to take measures to reduce the risk of transmission.

How Tibbles the cat possibly caused an entire species to go extinct

A cautionary tale we've failed to heed more than a century later.

China's emissions now exceed all developed countries combined

It's a massive country with massive emissions.

EU high court confirms ban on bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides

Three pesticides proven to harm bees can't be used any more in EU countries.

Fossil Friday: private collector wanted a dinosaur skull, but got a huge, fossilized bony fish lung

Haven't we all fallen for this at one point in our lives?

Spanish companies team up to create the first paella-cooking robot

Maybe, uhm, robots aren't so bad after all.

The world's donkeys are threatened by demand for Chinese traditional medicine

Donkeys are undergoing their worst crisis ever.

Researchers create bizarre floating gadget that could save millions of seabirds

It's a floating buoy that has big looming eyes

Income inequality is driving wildlife trade around the world

The rich are paying the poor for wildlife. Maybe there's a lesson here.

A song of gods and dragons: What's behind the animals carved in Norway's stave churches

It's one of the most bizarre (and beautiful) kind of church you can see -- and it hides quite the history.

Magnetic field readings point to the structure of Saturn's interior

Until we can put a person on Saturn to check, we can't confirm these findings.

Genomic studies uncover the tale of the first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe

Their customs and advances still shape our lives today.

Climate change is coming for our bananas

Climate change used to be good for bananas. Not anymore.

Bats' superpower: they innately know the speed of sound

Maybe they're born with it... no, they're definitely born with it.

Does cryptocurrency need governance? These researchers say so

Bitcoin has done a lot for some people, but what has it really done for society?

The new climate normal: The US is already one degree hotter

Climate change is kicking stronger than many expected.

Citrus fruit stands poised to make transparent wood more sustainable, stronger, and more transparent

This is a whole new level of 'when life gives you lemons'.

All eyes are on a Chinese rocket -- because it's falling from space and we don't know when or where

Um, oopsie?

Pesticides are widely damaging soil's organisms, new review finds

We rely on them to keep soils healthy but we are damaging them with pesticides

Bitcoin has an energy problem. Now what?

By 2024, the bitcoin network is set to use as much energy as a medium-sized country like Italy.

Researchers use machine learning to build 3D maps from historical maps

Literally adding a new dimension to old maps.

Algae-based material could revolutionize the fashion industry

Soon, your future shirts or pants might be made of algae.

Florida men find mammoth bone while scuba diving

The odds of a fossil being near you is never quite zero.

Genetically modified grass saves soils destroyed by military target practice

GMOs to the rescue!

Amateur sports show how people with foreign-sounding names are discriminated against

A new study maps discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sports.

After three successful flights, NASA's Mars helicopter soars to higher ambition

After completing its fourth flight, Ingenuity is now looking to an even more ambitious mission.

Inactive oil wells are a big source of methane emissions

Uncapped oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane into the atmosphere and surface water each year.

This is the world's most "instagrammable bird" -- and you'd never guess it

Researchers looked at almost 27,000 photos on the social media network to come to this conclusion.

Fish have been eating plastic since the 1950s. And it's getting worse

The consequences of our reliance on plastics