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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.

New NOAA report: This is shaping up to be the 2nd hottest year in human history

Damn, it always sucks when you come in second.

Cats are both solid and liquid -- and other surprising tidbits of science from the Ig Nobel Awards

Cats really *are* liquid... but only sometimes.

Bacterial defenders discovered inside cancer cells, breaking down chemo drugs

Tricksy hobbitses!

Not too big and not too small: when faced with extinction, it pays off to be just the right size

Big and small animals are the most threatened by extinction.

After exploring Venus' dark side, scientists find unexpected weather

Strange things happen in the dark.

Seal hitches a ride on the back of a whale

Sometimes, you just hitch a ride on a whale.

Biologists just discovered an underwater octopus city -- they call it Octlantis

Ever wondered what an octopus city looks like?

Hurricane Maria also becomes Category 5 storm, threatens more destruction

It's quickly following in Irma's footsteps.

Scientists just turned light-based information into readable soundwaves

It's like storing lightning in thunder.

Odd Jupiter-sized exoplanet is hot enough to melt metal but paradoxically pitch-black

It's the 'blackest' planet we've found.

What a biologist learned after letting an electric eel zap him

It's like getting tasered -- nine times. At the same time. Professor Catania has the measurements to prove it.

Democracy is failing in the West, scientists warn

Only 19% of young Americans think it's wrong for the military to take over the government if it's incompetent or doesn't do it's job.

A linguistic rouzy-bouzy: Researchers resurrect 30 English lost words

Don't be a losenger!

Finnish project aims to turn sawdust into fish food and tackle world hunger

Teach a man to chemically process sawdust into the building blocks of life to feed his fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

The devastating state of ocean pollution in one depressing photo

The author wishes this photo 'didn't exist'.

"Nothing" changed: ancient Indian text pushes the history of zero back 500 years

As far as modern tech and know-how is concerned, zero is the hero.

Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year-old voyage in style, crashes into Saturn

We had a good run!

Why Was Texas so Susceptible to Hurricane Harvey and How Does Climate Change Contribute?

The connection to climate change is more intricate than you'd think.