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Taxing junk food and subsidizing healthy items will make us live longer and save billions in the health system

That's 500,000 extra years of healthy life and more than AUD 3 billion in costs for Australia's current population.

Breakthrough chemistry can make tires from renewable sources like corn or trees

A key molecule in tire production that's typically sourced from petroleum was made for the first time using biomass.

It's the fractal edges that make people see things in Rorschach inkblots

This famous psychological test might be outdated but that doesn't mean we can't learn from it.

Assessing the psychological profile of politicians definitely sounds like a good idea

Big corporations screen their executives for personality disorders. Why aren't we doing the same for politicians?

What doesn't kill you does, in fact, make you stronger, new study indicates

A new research has found why brief bodily stresses are good for your health and longevity.

Ocean acidification may be even worse for corals than previously thought

Sorry, no good news.

Forget eggs: This terrifying 250-million-year-old dinosaur gave birth to live babies

A remarkable 'terrible-headed lizard' fossil found in China shows an embryo inside the mother -- a clear evidence that some dinosaurs were giving birth to live babies.

US President signs bill that overturns transparency rule for oil companies. Trump's war on common sense is on

“This is a big signing, very important signing,” Trump said after he signed a bill that will basically make it impossible to check corruption of US oil&mining corporations operating abroad.

Startled bees let out an adorable 'whoop' when a hive-mate bumps into them

They do it a lot.

The British are slowly accepting that climate change is real

Scotland fares particularly well, better than England and Wales.

The easiest way to make your own deodorant

It's simple, cheap, and very very healthy!

Immigration doesn't cause crime -- it may actually reduce it, study shows

Taking the 'grate' out of 'immigrate'.

Scientists breed new blue-hued wheat hybrid that can plant itself. Farming might never be the same

The new grain can plant itself back since it's a perennial hybrid. No GMOs involved.

British supermarket chain will start using trucks powered by food waste

Waitrose, a British upscale supermarket, has become the first major European company to use trucks powered by food waste.

How Denmark easily reduced their food waste by 25%

Food waste is running rampant throughout the developed world but we can learn a lot from this Scandinavian country.

For the first time since the 07-08 financial crisis, the economy in all EU countries is growing. Even Greece!

But its citizens need to feel this growth in their monthly statement otherwise a disaster might happen.

Johnson&Johnson to remove plastic from swabs, switch to paper

You can flush as many of these babies as you like.

Google's Deepmind artificial intelligence learns to be greedy and aggressive when resources are scarce

This is what you get when you teach AI to behave like a human.

You can search for your own exoplanets -- Researchers make huge dataset available

The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get some new recruits -- us.

Nowhere is safe from mankind -- high levels of pollution found even in the deepest oceans

Nowhere on Earth is safe from humanity's impact.

Tomorrow, India will launch a record-shattering 104 satellite missions

I can't even muster enough willpower to count up to 104.

Legendary Nokia 3310 phone might be coming back - this month

The epic, sturdy, almost historic Nokia 3310 might be making an unexpected comeback.

Jobs, eyes and syphilis: creative posters from the 30s and 40s

Some great vintage public announcement posters to start off your day.

Resurrected drug could help us better fight viruses

Stanford researchers are proposing something different: they want to boost our body's defense systems instead of targeting the virus.

Triangulene, a weird and unstable triangular-shaped molecule, synthesized for the first time one atom at a time

This is molecular surgery.

Dogs and capuchins judge you as 'good' or 'bad', hint at the birth of human morality

Something as simple as opening a jar goes a long way with anyone. Even other species.

New estimate pins the age of our solar system's nursery

It only lasted for as little as 3 million years before making room for something grander.

Humans are changing the climate 170 times faster than natural forces

“The human magnitude of climate change looks more like a meteorite strike than a gradual change.”

Mixed cat-and-dog teams are the best defense against rodent pests

It's double the fun, too.

Non-toxic, non-corrosive flow battery could last for more than a decade

This could be a game changer for storing renewable energy like wind or solar.

Interview with Mark Scherz, the discoverer of the gecko that sheds its scales

It turns out there is more to the story.

This Deep-Sea Fisherman Posts a Trove of Incredible Creatures

The oceans are as beautiful as they are bizarre.

Scientists debunk the exercise 'non-responder' myth. If you're not improving, switch to another routine or workout more

As many as one in three people don't see an improvement after exercising. But doesn't mean you're stuck forever.

Engineered 3D heart tissue beats in synchronized harmony

This research could drastically improve drug testing for cardiovascular diseases which are responsible for 40% of all deaths in North America.

NASA's mission to search for life on Europa takes shape

If we want to look for extraterrestrial life, Europa might be one of the best guesses in the solar system.

Interactive LEDs could enable smartphones that are controlled by touchless gestures and charged by ambient light

This could be a game changer.

416 beached whales send New Zealanders into frantic rescue mission

It was truly haunting.

Can drones replace bumblebees and stave off a food crisis?

Some scientists are already preparing for a world without bees.

NASA's study of the Louisiana Deltas yields fantastic images of new land being born

Always down for some eye candy.

Watch what happens when you divide by zero on a mechanical calculator

It lost it.

NASA team to study Kilauea volcano from ground, air, and space

NASA's bringing out the big guns.

The 12th Dead Scroll cave found in Israel, after a 60 year pause. Some of the earliest Biblical scrolls were retrieved from such sites

The archaeologists didn't find any new texts but the cave has renowned interest for a massive hunt.

Astronomers discover the first "middleweight" black hole

Many more might be lurking in the galaxy.

Enormous crack in Antarctica's ice shelf is forcing scientists to retreat from 30-year-old research base

A huge iceberg the size of Delaware could completely break free in the coming month.

We can achieve the 2C objective, but we have to go 100% renewable energy by 2060

It's an optimistic hypothesis, but it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

A bunch of artificial cells just passed the Turing Test

Scientists have built cells that are not living but are so life-like that other cells can communicate with them.

Vaping might be a gateway to smoking tobacco for teenagers

Vape -- not so safe.

Modern nitrogen-cycle's birth identified during the Great Oxidation

Along with oxygen, it set the stage for life as we know it.

"Zoom in. Now... enhance." Well, Google just turned this old TV trick into reality

T-t-that's pretty good actually.

There are now twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US

Regardless of what one fossil-fuel-lover president may do, renewable energy is thriving in the US.