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How infants start relating to other people past age 4. Critical brain fiber matures around that age

Don't get too upset if your child doesn't seem to understand your worries. But no more excuses past age 4....

The crippling pain of migraines makes you more likely to develop a generalized anxiety disorder

Because nothing bad ever comes alone.

From fiction to reality: scientists grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions

Interplanetary potato, yeah!

Immortal cells could usher in the age of plentiful, artificial blood for transfusions

Your body probably won't even tell the difference.

Island children's favourite animals are invasive species

But they did like more diverse critters than mainland children.

US politicians held an insane and embarrassing hearing just to attack climate science

A charade.

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy

Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.

The most diverse dinosaur tracks ever were documented in Western Australia. World's biggest dino footprint found here

“It’s such a magical place — Australia’s own Jurassic Park, in a spectacular wilderness setting," one of the researchers said.

Genetic 'typos' may be a more powerful driver of cancer in humans than environmental factors

Worrying.

Scientists identify new mechanism through which climate change causes droughts and flood

It's even worse than we thought.

The menstrual cycle has now been re-created on a plastic chip

Does it have PMS too?

If you like having sex, you should thank pathogens for making it possible

#wingmen.

Camera-shy octopus reveals what it's been eating

Hint: it has to do with an egg.

Video games might make you more sexist, but not as much as religion

Video games have a negative impact, but religion was three times more likely to make teens sexist.

How the Internet of Things is already affecting our lives

Change & Safety in the Internet of Things The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a relatively new term for the inter-networking of physical devices which are connected to the internet — it’s a term used for “smart things”. There was a time in which our phones were not smart, our TVs were not smart, our […]

Wherever humans go, mice go too -- since forever

The mouse in the house has been with us for 15,000 years.

Japan's first crowd-funded study reflects the state of taxonomy

So many new animals, not enough money...

How to identify granites

There's a rocky road ahead of us!

Clean energy creates more than twice as many jobs than fossil in the US, report finds

Breadwinners > Election winners. Just sayin'.

New ginger species discovered in African mountains

Who knows what other plants or medicines await discovery in Africa?

Geological deposits hint at ancient ocean on Mars' surface

Can't have a devastating water wave without water!

Bacteria from sewage are infecting coral reefs

Because the corals don't have it bad enough.

Adorable NASA robocube will float and do the housekeeping aboard the ISS

More like robocute, am I right?

10 years of experimental warming caused phytoplankton to take in more carbon

A small piece of positive news for climate change.

Inactive teens make for inactive bones

Exercising makes you stronger in every way.

Couple donates their $10 million insect collection to Arizona University

A heartwarming story of two brilliant and passionate researchers.

Despite Trump, more and more countries continue to ratify the Paris Agreement

It's a small step, but it's a much needed step.

Eating fruit may have given primates their big brains, paving the way for social structures

Chow down.

Mainstream US broadcast networks decrease climate change coverage time by 66 percent to only 50 minutes. For a whole year!

How much time is the climate worth to you?

Entertainment television might be partly to blame for the rise of populist politicians

Populism and television go hand in hand.

German coal mine will be converted into a huge hydro battery for renewable energy

The old making way for the new.

Supermassive black hole dislodged from its galactic throne travels at 5 million mph

In the aftermath of a titanic galactic battle, a merged black hole caused some waves.

Researchers spot the biggest brown dwarf ever, trailing at the edge of the Milky Way

Surprisingly pure.

Microfibers from clothes are killing fish and ending up on our plates

Fleece jackets and yoga pants are to blame.

World's tiniest race will pit nanocars against each other in Toulouse this April

The stakes have never been so tiny.

'Chewing like a cow' helped early mammals thrive in the wake of dinosaur extinction

There's a lot to be grateful for the first mammalian ancestors who evolved side-to-side chewing.

Bacteria powered a battery for 13 straight days

All possible through bacterial teamwork!

Yellow fever is killing thousands of rare monkeys in Brazil

The forests are silent now.

Laziness could save a fish’s life: a case for establishing marine reserves

Evolution causes these fish to move less so they have a better chance of survival.

First deep-sea mining operation scheduled to start in 2019 -- here are the bots that will do it

Whether you agree to the idea or not, the bots sure are awesome.

Facial recognition software can diagnose rare genetic disease with 96% accuracy

It's similar to how Facebook's facial tracking algorithm works, only much more useful.

Drug reverses aging in mice. The rodents saw increased stamina, better organ function, and restored fur

For humans, the same kind of therapy seems years away.

Peer to your peers for motivation, not your teachers, if you actually want to study

Surprisingly, getting neither isn't that bad for your results.

Record-breaking silicon solar cell efficiency of 26.6% demonstrated by Japanese researchers, very close to the theoretical limit

We're getting closer to the ideal silicon solar cell.

Beijing just closed its last coal station -- What does this mean for the world's climate

In 2013, Beijing officials promised that they will close the city's four coal stations by the end of 2017, and they've kept their word.

'It's not your fault': Two-thirds of cancers are due to random genetic mutations, but lifestyle is still very important

Only 29 percent of cancers can be attributed to lifestyle or environmental factors while heritability could explain 5 percent of cancer mutations.

Beautifully preserved fossil reveals a new 430-million-year old crustacean species, gets named in honor of Sir Attenborough's 90th birthday

Sir Attenborough really liked the name.

What does gestural communication of great apes tell us about human language?

Our language is one of the features that define us as human beings and distance us from all other animals.

Beating human heart cells were grown on a spinach leaf

This "green" technology could help to solve the organ transplant shortage.

The Fellowship of the Ring needed 675 pieces of lembas bread to reach Mordor, study finds

They would have needed fewer pieces of lembas if it weren't for those hungry 'stinking hobbitses'.