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Germany wants to make all public transit free to cut back on pollution

The country wants to first experiment with the proposal in five cities.

A greener Mardi Gras: scientists develop degradable beads from microalgae

If it makes for a greener Mardi Gras, I'm all for it.

Scientists find promising new antibiotic -- in the soil

Digging gold from dirt.

Valentine's Day Special: The Broken Heart Syndrome

Scientists think is that it's triggered by powerful emotional and physical stressors.

Extinction model that factors in body size explains why animals tend to evolve larger bodies

The model teaches us what makes a species more resilient with limited resources.

Eating quickly might favor weight gain, study suggests

The results showed that 21.5% of the slow-eating group was obese, compared to almost 30% of the normal-speed eaters and 45% of the fast-eating group.

Cockroaches might inspire the future of robotics

Roach bots could be used to explore alien worlds and find survivors in disaster relief operations.

Medical ants rescue and care for injured comrades

The behavior surprised biologists, showing just how complex ants really are.

Graphene labels can be burned into food and clothing--and used as electronics or sensors

It could mean the beginning of edible and wearable electronics.

How your waterproof jacket might be making you fat

Chemicals commonly used in non-stick pans or stain-free clothing might promote obesity.

Ancient fossilized footprints reveal how juvenile mammoths looked out for their elderly

Juvenile mammoths cared for wounded members of their herd, similarly to their modern-day descendants, the African Elephants.

Physical exercise is more important for health than weight, study reports

Being healthy doesn't mean losing weight.

Arizona woman goes to bed with terrible headache, wakes up with British accent

This is stranger the fiction. The woman in question insists that there's nothing funny about all of this.

Fairly Tradeable: Corporate sustainability limited in both scope and outcome, analysis reveals

The good news is that consumer involvement is very effective in increasing sustainability.

Scientists win photo contest with image of a single, trapped atom

A single atom, trapped in time and space.

Scientists use mobile optical atomic clocks in the field for the first time (and this is a big deal)

These are the most precise clocks in the world, ticking every quadrillionth of a second.

Sea level rise is accelerating, could lead to twice as much sea level rise by 2100 than previously expected

Sea levels aren't only rising, they're doing so at an accelerating rate.

Witness the birth of an octopus at the Virginia Aquarium-- and learn how it happens

The miracle of life.

Alcohol makes you aggressive by impairing the polite parts of your brain

Ever heard the idiom "as peaceful as a drunkard"? No? Here's why.

Self-healing and fully recyclable electronic skin will help robots feel touch

It's not perfect but we're getting there.

Far-ultraviolet lamps could eradicate airborne viruses in public spaces -- with no risk to us

It can't go through our skin, but it will wreck viruses and bacteria.

Meat substitutes in Europe have grown by 451% in the past four years

Eating more legumes and less meat is one of the healthier, more environmentally-friendly things you can do.

Schizophrenia patients can calm down their brain by playing a computer game

Participants were able to better control their hallucinations after playing a computer game.

Book review: 'Ten Great Ideas about Chance'

Humans are inherently ill-suited to assess odds -- this book aims to help.

National Parks might soon become smarter and more eco-friendly

I, for one, welcome the idea of Smart Parks.

Trump Administration considers privatizing the ISS. Fortunately, that won't likely happen

Because it would be dumb.

Scientists outfit praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses, find new type of stereo vision

Turns out the praying mantis sees in 3D quite differently from us -- and this could be exploited by new drones.

Primitive 'walking' fish can teach us how the first land animals evolved

An amazing 'living fossil' suggests ancient marine life evolved the software for walking before the hardware.

Loneliest frog in the world is looking for a Match to save his species

This is not your typical online dating profile.

Eating leafy greens every day helps your memory, fights cognitive decline

Eat your greens!

Meteorite and volcanoes may have worked together to wipe out dinosaurs

It was a devastating one-two punch.

NASA's New Horizons probe snaps farthest image from Earth

There's a man-made shuttle at the edge of the solar system, taking photos. It's mind bending.

Narcissistic? It could have to do with the social system that you grew up in

A study finds lower narcissism and higher self-esteem in Eastern German teens.

Deep-sea marine animals lay eggs near hydrothermal vents so they hatch faster

This is the first time scientists have seen a marine animal doing this.

Sick bees take care of themselves by eating better quality food

Sadly the study makes no mention of chicken soup.

Fastest shark on Earth might inspire the next-generation of drones and wind turbines

Lessons from the fastest-swimming shark on the planet.

People who don't understand evolution are much more likely to reject it

Well here's a shocker.

Crypto mining is using almost as much power as Greece

Bitcoin and Ethereum emit as much greenhouse gases as 6.8 million average European inhabitants

Looking to put a sub on Titan, NASA recreated its methane oceans in Washington

Titan's "water" isn't even water.

Strong as steel and lightweight? Must be superdense wood

Wooden't you try this building material?

Billions of viruses are showering the planet's surface in every moment

Virus rain.

Study reveals how ants produce antibiotics

You can't spell antibiotic without ant.

Low levels of alcohol are good for the brain

This isn't meant to advocate drinking, but...

'Cheddar Man' DNA suggests early Britons had dark skin, blue eyes

The research suggests light skin genes arrived later than previously thought.

A worm's brain was uploaded to a hard drive and put to the test -- without a single line of code

The distinction between brain and computer has never been blurrier.

New research shows that the TRAPPIST-1 planets are even more Earth-like than we thought

We know these planets better than any others outside our solar system.

Scientists reproduce superionic ice thought to exist in Uranus' core

Water was subjected to a pressure millions of times higher than at Earth's sea level.

The art of science writing -- and why jargon and stuffiness isn't helping anyone

No one wins when science is hard to read.

Stomach burn: toads vomit bombardier beetles which trigger explosions in the gut

This amazing insect doesn't flinch at the thought of getting eaten. It pops!

Solar fuels just years away, propelled by breakthrough in catalyst research

Research doesn't have to be glamorous or flashy to be significant.