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Contagious scratching may be hardwired into the brain

Sometimes you just gotta scratch, man.

The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury

Who would expect water on the nearest planet to the Sun?

Immunotherapy brings new hope for fading Tasmanian devils

An international study carried out over six years might spark new hope for Tasmanian devils threatened by the contagious devil facial tumour disease.

Green ice spotted in Antarctica's Ross Sea triggers new expedition for April

An effect of warming climate, or just a string of coincidences?

The EPA chief just said CO2 doesn't cause global warming

In the US, the fox is guarding the henhouse.

The invasive snakes on Guam are indirectly killing the forest

No part of the ecosystem is exempt.

New hydrogel can glue retina back into eye

This could revolutionize eye surgery!

Edible Ebola vaccine for wild apes could revolutionize how we fight the disease

It's a terrible irony.

Violent games don't affect empathy, new study finds

The debate around computer games just got more intriguing.

NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no "down"

Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.

Robots could soon write emotional or motivating songs

Inserting feelings into Artificial Intelligence music -- the future is kinda happening already.

People who trust their doctor tend to feel better, new study finds

Trust can make you feel better.

ADHD's restlessness and impulsivity could actually make you a better entrepreneur, study finds

It comes with its own drawbacks, but looks like a great advantage overall.

Researchers complete 30% of the synthetic yeast chromosome -- synthetic life is just around the corner

Immense potential in a small cell.

Dental plaque shows what Neanderthals took as drugs

Neanderthals took the herbal equipment of aspirin and penicillin.

Every day, this man in Kenya drives hours and hours to bring water to wild animals

Nothing short of an incredible story.

The price of a lab-grown burger is now $11.36 -- down from $325,000

Lab meat is becoming a pretty interesting prospect.

Fungus-derived molecule enables axon regrowth -- potentially treating brain and spinal chord injuries

Broken axons are like a broken router -- no connection.

Single-atom magnets used to create data storage one million times more dense than regular hard disks

Scaled up, it will likely lose some efficiency -- but will still leave HDDs in the dust.

UK slaps massive 800% tax increase for rooftop solar panels

The UK is taking huge strides -- but in the opposite direction.

Higher emotional intelligence can make you more vulnerable to stress -- if you're a dude

We're still not sure if it happens in women too.

Microbeads: Contaminating Our Fish and Sea Salt?

Microbeads are slowly killing off oceanic wildlife -- and that's affecting us as well.

Astronomers create the most accurate map of dark matter in the Universe

Seeing the unseeable.

UN scientists denounce 'myth' that we need pesticides to feed the world

Can we feed the world without pesticides?

Doctors record brain activity in a deceased patient 10 minutes after death

This is totally not normal and nobody knows for sure what happened.

Porsche's first fully electric vehicle, the Mission E, could charge in only 15 minutes

Electric cars are getting better and better. With style to boot.

Learn how to manipulate people from one of history's most brilliant scientists: Blaise Pascal

Learn it from the man himself!

Celebrating women scientists -- Maria Sibylla Merian, a pioneer in both art and science

An artist and naturalist, a woman who braved a wild continent and tropical diseases for her passion and left behind remarkable works.

From married couples to the hook-up kids, Americans are having less sex across the board

Maybe they're outsourcing this too?

The 'hateback' loop of dehumanization could plunge America into civil violence

Even the nastiest bits of history repeat themselves.

Enhanced vision, and not limbs, may have prompted fish to become the first land animals

This is no chicken or the egg story.

Europeans don't believe climate change deniers and want governments to take action, huge poll reveals

The flag's blue but we're green through and through.

Seaweed might have helped determine who we are today

Feasting on seaweeds is good for your brain -- in fact, it may have been crucial.

Why pandas have dark and white patches: camouflage and communication

Finally, scientists explain what's with the panda's cute black and white patches.

We knew it! Coffee and cocoa cocktail boosts your attention and mood

Chocolate and coffee: it's a match made in heaven!

Fructose is actually produced in the brain, new study finds

It's the first time scientists have shown fructose can be produced in the brain.

Everyone's downloading pirated science papers... and that might be a good thing

In a way, Sci-Hub is a modern Robin Hood for science.

NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

It's cool, and it's totally out there!

Czech researchers turn graphene sheets into the first stable non-metallic magnets

Is there anything graphene can't do?

Check the wheels on that thing: Boston Dynamics' latest robot overlord

One award-winning company is back in style with another crazy robot.

The best-fossilized octopus we've ever found gets recreated in 3D to understand their evolution

They changed surprisingly little.

Revolutionary material can absorb 90 times its weight in spilled oil. It can be squeezed like a sponge and then reused

Oil spills are never a pretty sight but an innovative sponge-like material could make these events far less disastrous.

Have more sex and leave stress at the office to improve your work life

Truth be told, sex improves most experiences.

Sharing taxi rides could significantly reduce cost and emissions. Study suggests it can work in virtually any big city

There's a massive opportunity to clean urban air if people can be convinced to share taxis.

The forests won't fix our CO2 problem -- in fact, they'll scrub less than we assumed

Humanity gives with one hand and takes with the other. We just take a lot more than we give.

A.I. for Texas Hold'em has 10 times the win rate of professional poker players

After the researchers gave the AI "intuition", it blew away most professional human players.

Parasitic wooden cubes level up 1970s Parisian building with more space, more energy efficiency

Companion cubes!

Peculiar ancient skulls have both human and Neanderthal features. Could belong to a new hominid species

Cranial fragments discovered in China can't be pinned down to any known human species. Some speculate it might be Denisovan.

Magnets anchored on Mars' orbit would make the planet a second Earth, NASA says

Shields up!

Israeli company designs anti-radiation body armor to protect astronauts in space

+3 armor +25 radiation resist.