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Masaya Nakamura, the "father of Pac-Man" dies at age 91

His work touched millions of lives.

Just half an hour of moderate aerobic exercise can do wonders for the brain

A new study suggests a moderate workout improves neuroplasticity.

Bizarre, ancient, bag-like creature in China is all mouth and spikes

It's also probably related to you.

Bill gates warns against denying climate change

Gates didn't shy away from discussing Trump.

Bizarre, 100-million-year-old insect trapped in amber might be from a new branch of life

Researchers have found a very old and "alien like" insect and they've decided it doesn't fit anywhere in the current tree of life.

Rows of Tesla batteries will keep Southern California's lights on during the night

And charge up using daylight. Elegant!

Children can become closer to pets than to siblings, study finds

Because no one wants to feed and wash their siblings.

Artificial intelligence is just as good at spotting skin cancer as doctors. Could be turned into an app

This machine could save thousands of lives.

Manchester, UK, plans to plant a tree for every man, woman, and child in the city

Manchester officials have announced plans for a City of Trees: 3 million new trees will be added to the city area over the next 25 years

New gene delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf mice

Using an innovative genetic editing technique, researchers have managed to partially restore both heating and balance in mice born with a condition that affects both.

Hydrogen turned into a metal for the first time. Technology and spaceflight might never be the same

If confirmed, this could be one of the most revolutionary material of the century

Genes responsible for tomato flavour identified. We might finally get our tasty tomatoes back

Will farmers take note, though?

Pristine mountain habitats are also not safe from climate change

Incoming climate change will have a drastic effect on pristine mountain habitats, a new study has found.

Time's ticking out for us on the Doomsday Clock -- we've got 150 seconds to midnight

The night is dark and full of terror. But we won't be around to see it.

"Rogue" National Park Twitter Accounts Emerge After Trump Issues Media Ban

It all started when the official Twitter of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota started tweeting climate change facts.

Ireland votes to divest the country's €8 bn. sovereign wealth fund away from fossil fuels

The bill's introduction is only a formality away from making history.

Solar employs nearly twice as many people in U.S. electricity generation than oil, gas, and coal combined

Green tech doesn't kill jobs. On the contrary.

Harvest in the US to suffer from climate change

As the newly elected president Trump starts his crusade of bashing environmentalism, a new study shows that climate change will affect US agriculture -- whether we admit it or not.

Wearing NASA's new Starliner space suit is reason enough to become an astronaut

Guaranteed to maintain awesomeness even at 0 atm.

D-Wave upgrades quantum chip to 2,000 qubits, gets first customer for its $15 million machine

No everyone is convinced this machine can actually perform quantum operations, though.

Powerful sound blasters can render tsunamis dead in the water, new study shows

Fus-ro-dah!

Meet the most frustrating programming language ever. It's called 'Brainfuck' and it's purposely designed to make you cry

Continue at your own risk.

Sex is painful for 1 in 13 women, but no one wants to talk about it

A survey of 7,000 sexually active women aged 16 to 74 found that sex is painful for a lot of women -- they just don't like to talk about it.

Paleontologists find 6.2 million year old wolf-sized otter

It was adorable, but also terrifying.

Majority of people in the US favour renewables

A divided country still agrees on some things.

Smart glasses auto-focus on what the person is seeing, whether it's close or far away

Bye-bye to swapping reading glasses.

Women really are better multi-taskers, study finds

I can't even walk and text without hitting lamp posts.

HummingWhale turns millions of Android devices into ad-playing zombies

Cheeky.

Parasite wasp manipulates another wasp species to work for it, then drills through the host's head

#NatureIsMeta

The link between premature menopause and a woman's reproductive history

Women who had their first period before age 12 seem predisposed to premature or early menopause.

During REM sleep, memory is consolidated by weeding out unwanted neural connections

Sleep is very important for the brain. Here's what happens during the most active phase of sleep.

Trump orders media blackout at the EPA, tells employees to 'cut climate change webpage'

The Trump administration has effectively banned scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from talking to the media.

President Trump revives Keystone XL project

Thus, the Trump era begins.

Worm Meatball and Cricket Falafel -- Researchers develop tasty food from yucky critters

OK, just put some extra garlic on it.

London toxic air alert goes to 'very high'

Londoners are warned not to engage in any strenuous physical activity as Britain's capital battles rough pollution.

Dominant wasps hand out breaks when workers are scarce, become horrible bosses when they're plentiful

Wasps should really form their own labor union.

This bioprinter can print human skin which could be transplanted in burn victims or make animal testing obsolete

The impact of this research could be enormous.

UK Food agency starts campaign against potatoes which pose cancer risk

Too much potato is bad for you, OK?

Microorganisms can survive in space and on other planets, safe behind dried-up biofilms

Worry and excitement, all in one paper.

Why it doesn't get dark when we blink

Blinking is strange, at least in one regard.

Gwyneth Paltrow recommends you sleep with a $66 jade egg in your vagina. But gynocologists think this is 'garbage'

Forget steam, try sticking jade eggs in that punani. No. Seriously, don't.

First amazing photos of Earth and its weather beamed back by NOAA's most advanced satellite

More than just pretty pictures.

Scientists find 80-million-year dinosaur collagen

Utilizing rigorous, state-of-the-art methods researchers have confirmed the presence of collagen in the fossil of an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus.

'Psychological vaccination' counters effects of fake news. Critical thinking is still a thing

Just a bit of fake news presented in context along the factual is enough to negate the effects of bogus information.

For the first time, researchers create "semi-synthetic" life form with man-made DNA

Some of your bases are belong to us.

New soft heart robot could save many lives from heart failure

A soft, customizable robot fits around a human heart and helps it beat.

Iceland is drilling the world's hottest hole for electricity

In the world's hottest man-made hole, temperatures reach up to 1000 °C (1800 F).

European Space Agency gets 9.5% budget increase in 2017

It's good news for space exploration.

Flapping wind turbine mimics hummingbird to produce electricity

One odd design is being tested out in Tunisia right now.

Commuters, traffic, and offices make cities hotter during the week

It's not much, but we're all contributing!