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Hard-pressed by humans, rainforests lost their ability to act as carbon sinks

Instead, they now release around 8% of global emissions.

Powerful solar storm sparks the brightest Auroras on Mars we've recorded

The aurora was triggered by a solar storm which doubled radiation levels on the planet's surface.

Climate shocks are already costing the US $650 M / day. It will be $1 billion / day by 2027

Inaction in the face of climate change is no longer irresponsible -- it's criminal.

Japanese tsunami sent millions of creatures to the US West Coast

Ironically, pollution helped some creatures this time.

UK's massive wind turbines are setting the course for a cheap-energy future

They're more like bigbines.

Some sharks and rays live twice as long as we thought

The implications could be important for fish stock estimates.

Some galaxy types are brighter due to 'hungrier' black holes, and this could fundamentally change how we study galaxies

We've been looking at some galaxies wrong all along.

There are 15 possible ways to cover a floor with pentagonal tiles

Who would have guessed tiling is so complex?

The WHO calls for governments to boycott anti-smoking Foundation funded by big tobacco

Sometimes I feel a burning need to spell 'conflict of interest' in capital letters. This is one of those times.

Modern humans emerged up to 350,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought

That moment when you realize you've grown really old.

UK puts Isaac Newton coin into circulation

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

Elon Musk proposes landing rocket on Mars by 2022. The same system will also get you anywhere on Earth in less than 30 minutes

The serial entrepreneur is at it again with yet another audacious claim.

New evidence indicates that life on Earth emerged almost 4 billion years ago

It's as old as we can possibly find.

Marine biologist finds gaping blue hole in Great Barrier Reef using Google Maps

He dived into the blue hole himself and inside found striking coral species.

Bed bugs love your dirty laundry, and this has helped them travel the globe

Human laundry is a magnet for bed bugs.

Ancient cosmic collissions between small bodies could explain quirk of early solar system formation

Early Earth could have lost as much as 40% of its mass during collisional growth.

Physicists report new, solid observation of gravitational waves

It's pretty much official now: we have gravitational waves.

NASA and Russia to work on new Lunar Space Station

It's good to see two old rivals work together.

Giant (adorable?) species of rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

It's not good news for the rat...

Kenya and Uganda tap insects to make protein rich, low cost fish and poultry feeds

The two African countries are researching cheaper ways to feed fish and poultry.

California now has an official dinosaur: the Augustynolophus

Paleontologists hope that this will inspire a new generation

Lava tubes on Moon and Mars might be habitats for future colonies

We might someday build cities inside lava tunnels on Mars.

Environmental Risks Associated With California’s Cap and Trade Bill

We need to start putting the environment first — not big business.

Increasingly fragmented habitats may spell doom for the giant panda

Apart from this, the species is continuing its recovery.

People haven't lost faith in democracy despite low voter turnouts, paper reports

How democracy set in plays a large role in voting patters.

Another iceberg, quadruple the size of Manhattan, breaks free from Antarctica

Not good. No, not good at all!

Millenium-old Viking burial boat unearthed under a market square in Norway

It was right under the city market.

Scientists find blocks of polystyrene at the North Pole

The Arctic is screwed.

Shock therapy partially wakes man out of 15-year-old vegetative state

Even in total darkness, someone is still there.

Bali volcanic eruption seems imminent, after massive seismic activity increase

Over 70,000 people have already evacuated the area as an eruption from the Mount Agung volcano seems imminent.

Botanic gardens might be our last shot to save endangered plants

The bad news is that we need this in the first place.

Eco-designer turns landfill waste into 'plasma rock' -- a sustainable, all-purpose material

Landfill waste is given a second life by blasting it with plasma hotter than the sun. Now that's a project we love!

Hubble snaps the first binary-asteroid comet we've ever seen

Asteroids of a feather flock together. Sometimes into a comet.

Fish can have individual personalities too, new study says

Some Trinidadian guppies are far braver than others.

Neanderthal and modern humans shared long childhoods

Yet another sign that the two species from the same Homo genus were very similar to one another.

8-year-old teased for her love of bugs is the co-author of a scientific paper

Take that, bullies.

Mysterious high-energy cosmic rays fire from outside the galaxy

The brightest cosmic rays don't seem to be from the same neighborhood.

Vegetarian dinosaurs sometimes feasted on crustaceans

The idea of a gentle giant is called into question.

Owls' ears are always in tip-top shape because they're self-repairing

They can hear you being salty because they can hear everything.

You don't need a brain to sleep, and we have snoozing jellyfish to prove it

Sleep could be as old as life itself.

Newly-described hermit crab species makes permanent homes out of coral -- a first

This hermit crab is no hobo.

The Milky Way might not be your typical spiral galaxy but is it unique?

The Milky Way just got an ego boost.

Nobody is going to make coal great again, says Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder

Sorry, bro.

Biologists find genetic master switch for the butterfly's wing color

Only two genes code both the canvas and paintbrush for the intricate butterfly wing patterns.

Artificial muscle lifts 1,000 times its own weight, brings us closer to humanoid bots

A step closer to forging our new robotic overlords.

Hurricane Maria "destroys Puerto Rico" -- 100% of the state left without power

This is an abnormally strong hurricane season.

Ancient frog with a big appetite may have preyed on small dinosaurs

It bit with the force of wolves or female tigers.

Designer Oscar Lhermitte brings the moon to your fingertips

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

Fourteen thousand plant species have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest

This is the first time that anyone has compiled a full list.

That study about larvae eating plastic is full of holes

More research needs to be done.