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37% of Norway's new cars are electric. It might be 100% by 2025

While Trump is busy trying to revigorate the ailing fossil fuel industry, the rest of the world is preparing for an energy revolution.

This new hair dye changes color based on temperature. Yes, it's awesome

A UK company has revealed a stunning new type of hair dye which changes colors based on temperature.

Want to save a lot of money around the house? Buy a 3D Printer

A 3-d printer can make anyone at least 1000% return on investment over five years.

Mighty migrations: how technology is changing what we know

The stories of three animals embarking on incredible journeys.

London to introduce £10 ($12) vehicle tax for polluting cars

The announcement comes after a disastrous couple of months for London in terms of air quality.

NASA finds 7 Earth-sized planets in a star nearby. Three are in the habitable zone

What a great day for science!

New paper traces the history of termites -- and it's surprisingly similar to our own

Rafters, builders, annoying when they come into the house uninvited. We're very similar.

Brain-computer interface allows paralyzed to type fast and accurately by power of thought alone

The communication rate is practical enough to be useful for many patients.

Europe has to shut down all of its coal-fired plants by 2030 to meet its Paris Agreement pledge

Seriously ambitious action is needed if we're to avert 1.5 C of global warming.

A sea-snail's venom could rival opioids in pain relief capability

Its venom is so powerful it can kill pain! Whoa.

A fifth of the world's food is lost to waste and over-eating

The world grows enough food. The challenge lies in controlling waste and protein distribution.

Your brain tricks you into seeing difficult goals as less appealing

Thanks brain...

Protein levels determine whether you're a blond or a brunette, study shows

Even the tiniest DNA changes could have a crucial impact on our genome,

New bill could require California to get 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2045

The leader of the California Senate just introduced one of the most aggressive renewable energy mandate in the nation. More ambitious action like this, please!

Tesla now makes batteries that are 35% cheaper thanks to Gigafactory 1 -- breakthrough cost of $125/kWh achieved

At $100/kWh stored wind and power becomes competitive with conventional power.

These microbots can remove 95% of toxic heavy metals from polluted waters in only an hour

A new solution proposed by researchers in Germany and Spain is so elegant and effective that it might revolutionise water purification.

Ontario, Canada, to start piloting basic income project

Out of all the ideas to end global poverty, the simplest seems to also be more effective: governments just handing out money to people.

Trump's border wall could threaten 111 endangered species

The impact is huge. Even the bald eagle is affected.

Tomorrow, NASA will announce major "discovery beyond the solar system" during press conference

It's press only, but NASA made sure everyone can follow the talks and even get a question in.

NASA satellite spots mile-long iceberg breaking off from Antarctic glacier

NASA's satellites witnessed the dramatic breaking of the iceberg.

Bizarre life forms found living in Mexican crystals

Geologists have made a shocking discovery in a crystal-rich cave in Mexico.

Your past teenage self might as well be a whole different person by the time you're 77 years old, study says

With each passing day we diverge slightly from the person we were just a moment ago.

New study could topple our beliefs about the origins of handedness

We all have our preferred hand -- but why?

Landsat satellite spots sunken shipwrecks in coastal waters

An estimated 3 million shipwrecks are scattered across the planet’s oceans.

Resource scarcity drove prehistoric violence in California more than 1,500 years ago

Resource scarcity was the only thing that predicted systematic homicide, not political organization.

Dystopia today: Official German watchdog tells parents a doll might be spying on their children

Technology is evolving faster than we can adapt to it.

Georgia State's computer warning system leaves no student behind on graduation

By helping faculty members identify at-risk students, GSU has boosted its graduation rates by 22%

LSD gets stuck in your brain -- literally. This could help us develop better (health) drugs

A new study sheds some light on what drug-takers have known or years: acid trips last a long time.

Ancient 150-million-year-old ancestor could explain how turtles evolved to retreat their necks

Turtles likely used their retracting necks to initially catch prey and only later used this trait for defense.

China set to take the lead in supercomputers with ridiculously powerful 'exascale' machine slated for 2018

Welcome to the exascale.

Four-stroke internal combustion engine turned into a hydrogen reactor

A century-old machine has been turned into a 21st century hydrogen manufacturing device.

World's rarest boa rediscovered after 64 years

Locals often kill these snakes, although they're not dangerous for humans.

We now have a malaria vaccine that is up to 100 percent effective

A lifelong dream may have come true. Half a million deaths every year could be averted thanks to this vaccine.

New study finds a myriad of applications for crab sugar

A review of recent research found that an unexpected mixture could do wonders for bone regeneration and wound healing.

Geologists propose listing a new continent called 'Zealandia' in the southwest Pacific even though it's 95% under water

An area the size of the Indian subcontinent is distinct enough to constitute a separate continent, a new paper suggests.

The Hunger Games: Extreme calorie reduction may increase lifespan

Five days of hunger a month could significantly reduce aging and age-related medical conditions.

Thermal levitation can lift any object in the air, unlike other methods that work on magnetization or optical light

Large objects were levitated by exploiting temperature differences. This method works with any kind of object.

We could eat 90% of the fish we feed other fish

Warning: I say 'fish' lots of times in this article.

Heatwave kills thousands of flying foxes in Australia

A massive heatwave that hit Australia since last week killed more than a thousand of the endangered species.

First artwork to be made in space is now orbiting above all our heads

"A laugh star floating in space, above all our heads, is my attempt to create a contemporary metaphor for the hanging 'Sword of Damocles,' a reminder that the beauty of human life is so fragile."

Scientists claim they're close to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

An iconic beast long extinct could be back in our midst.

The first ever supernova-in-progress seen shows we don't quite yet understand them

A really lucky find.

Ancient potters carefully recorded the planet's magnetic field -- without even knowing it

Geologists, archaeologists, physicists, and ancient potters - working together to solve one of the Earth's greatest mysteries. Who would have thought?

Vitamin D can protect against flu and cold, meta-analysis study confirms

But you still shouldn't take supplements if you're not Vitamin D deficient.

UAE unveils plans for new city on Mars, to be built in 2117

It's a pretty pretty city, too.

At least 2016 was amazing for solar -- 95% more solar power capacity came online than in the previous year. That's almost 15GW

Solar is growing beyond expectations.

The oxygen in the oceans has decreased by 2% in the past 50 years

It's like the ocean is having a heart attack.

Winston Churchill's lost essay about life on other planets and space travel

A man ahead of his time.

No, absolutely not -- the NOAA did not 'fake' any climate change data

The fact that we are still debating man-made climate change.

Climate change has already harmed more than half of all mammals

It's even worse than we thought.