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John Deere announces first electric tractor

The iconic American manufacturer has announced plans to release its first fully electric tractor.

Stanford students brew 5,000 year old Chinese beer, say it's fruity and tasty

Can't spell 'archaeology' without 'alcohol'.

Neil deGrasse Tyson rants about scientific illiteracy in the US: 'A threat to the nation'

"Americans overall are bad at science. Scared of math. Poor at physics and engineering. Resistant to evolution."

Helium can, in fact, react with other elements to form a stable compound. Better re-write those textbooks

Not so noble after all.

Female genital mutilation falls sharply in Iraq's Kurdish region, gives hope for eradication

The barbaric practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has dropped sharply in parts of Iraq.

China is now the world's largest solar producer

Thus, China consolidates its role as a world leader in renewable energy.

Hand-held breath monitor can detect if you're infected with the flu

It's similar to the breath alcohol tester used by the police but for the flu.

Astronomers discover the first white dwarf pulsar in history, ending half a century of searching

It's small but it will rip you apart using only magnetism.

Newly discovered 'escape artist' gecko species evades predators by shedding its scales

When a predator such as a snake strikes the gecko, it's not dinner he's getting but a mouthful of scales.

The Netherlands is shutting down prisons. It doesn't have enough criminals, and prisons aren't effective at rehabilitation

While this is a problem for the country's 1,900 prison workers losing their jobs... it's not such a bad problem to have.

The Amazon Stonehenge: Drones discover hundreds of ancient earthworks in the basin

Large, mysterious earthworks built thousands of years ago were discovered in the Amazon basin.

Carnivorous plants all over the world used convergent evolution to start eating flesh

This means being carnivores must have been an excellent solution for these plants.

Scientists develop 'lab on a chip' that costs 1 cent to make

The new technology, which costs just $0.01 to build, could usher in a medical diagnostics revolution.

Mystery of Mars' liquid past deepens. New study finds CO2 levels were too low to keep the planet warm

Things just got a whole lot more complicated.

Condomless, reversible male contraceptive treatment shows its worth in rhesus monkey trial

If everything goes smoothly, we might see it available in 2018.

Martian meteorite reveals volcanic activity on the Red Planet is at least 2 billion years old

There's not much going on today but Mars must have been very volcanically active.

Personality traits are "contagious among children" -- especially good ones

When preschoolers hang out with each other, they tend to borrow each other's personalities, a new study has found.

Fossilized protein found in 195-million-year-old dinosaur bone

Finding fossilized remains of dinosaurs is one thing, but now, paleontologists have discovered proteins dating back to 195 million years ago.

New method could produce polio vaccines without the need for a live virus

The risk for a potential biohazard would be seriously reduced.

JAXA's mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether

Cleaning up is hard.

More evidence that aspirin and ibuprofen don't help with back pain

We should pay more attention to over the counter drugs.

Can't stand the sound of chewing or heavy breathing? It's called misophonia and here's what goes on in the brain

We all know at least one person.

Early life kept oxygen in check and stalled evolution for billions of years, model suggests

Evolution doesn't always procrastinate. But when it does, it's for 2 billion years.

UV-printed text allows sheets to be reset and re-used 80 different times

This message will self-erase in five to more days.

French presidential candidate welcomes muzzled US scientists

Voila!

Why you should be grateful for modern lab safety

You won't believe what was allowed in the past.

Federal investigators find persistent cracks in SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets

Space is tough -- and SpaceX is learning that first hand.

We sleep to forget things, new study finds

Sleep is as mysterious as it is vital for our wellbeing.

Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%

After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity.

How weekend camping resets your body clock, explained by science

Camping is an excellent antidote to the ills of modern life, a new study has found.

Amazing pictures of Saturn's rings up close and personal

Eye candy!

Blueprint for large scale supercomputer could open the road for billion-qubit machine, and the secrets of the universe with it

Quantum computers today are ineffective but this is set to change.

Forget Atlantis -- "lost continent" found under Mauritius

It's all geology, no mystic civilization.

Superdense-coded logo of an oak leaf sets new record for transfer rate over optic cable

Downloading...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii creates spectacular lava stream

The Kilauea volcano has created a dramatic "firehose" as molten lava continues to spew out hot lava and ash.

Thought 4K was impressive? New tech can triple the sharpness of TVs and other displays while reducing power demand

The resolution density of today's displays is nearing its limits but a novel technology could change all that.

Study finds fluorinated chemicals in one third of fast food wrappers

Bad food packaging, bad!

NASA's twin astronaut study shows living in space can change our biology

An unusual, one of a kind study reveals the strange influence living in space has on our genes.

Deadly, mysterious child disease in India caused by skipping meals and lychee, study finds

Don't skip on meals!

Mind-reading device enables completely locked-in paralyzed patients to communicate with the outside world

These patients can't even blink voluntarily. They're completely locked in their bodies. Now, they have a way to communicate.

Tinder-like app for orangutans lets females in zoos chose who they mate with

Swipe, swipe, swipe, banana.

How to cook graphene using only soybean oil. Seriously, these scientists did it

The process takes 30 minutes and is 10 times faster than previous methods.

Frog spit is one of the stickiest things you can find

The meager frog employs a very complex mechanism.

Restoring native plants boosts pollination

Removing invasive plants and restoring native ones does a great deal to help pollination, a new study finds.

People are more willing to accept embryonic stem cell research than politicians

As stem cell research continues to be a very divisive topic, a new study has revealed that the general public is much more willing to accept it than politicians.

We dislike hypocrites because they deceive us, not because they do things they disapprove of

No one likes a hypocrite, that's for sure. But honest hypocrites... are almost ok.

More than 100 natural world heritage sites degraded by human activity, study finds

Nothing on Earth is safe from human activity -- not even the sites we ourselves designed for protection and preservation.

A novel website lets you become a space archaeologist -- just by looking at pictures

It's way better than Facebook.

Earth's oxygen has been emigrating to the Moon for billions of years, study finds

Who wouldn't?

First images of the Amazonian reef released by Greenpeace

More like Amazingonian reef, am I right?