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Scientists believe humans have started a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene

It's a new time -- geologically speaking, at least.

The U.S. plans to build the most advanced fusion reactor ever

Endless clean energy is just too good to pass up.

Why you should use potted plants to clean air pollutants from your home

Simple trick to cleanse your home.

Study wants to track EVERYTHING 10,000 New Yorkers do over 20 years, to unravel the mysteries of the human condition

It's very creepy, but might be a game changer in science.

NASA's Juno shuttle gets up close and personal with Jupiter

NASA's Juno shuttle will get closer to Jupiter than any other man-made structure.

Newly found galaxy is almost entirely made out of dark matter

A dark galaxy that a Sith Lord would enjoy.

Astronomers come back from a year on Mars... in Hawaii

NASA's year-long Mars simulation experiment has concluded today.

New storage device combines attributes of both capacitors and batteries

The best of both worlds

Fossil Friday: C. Megalodon, the true Jaws

The biggest fish in the pond.

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands now largest protected area on the planet

President Obama used his executive powers to quadruples the size of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Controversial study claims biofuels aren't carbon neutral, says it's much worse than gasoline

A long-standing assumption in science is being put into question.

The Greenland ice sheet is losing some 270 billion tons of ice each year, a new study finds

Knowing how much water gets melted into the oceans will help us estimate the impact of rising sea levels.

Scientists 'jump-start' man's brain after coma

Scientists have used a sonic technique to excite a man's neurons, effectively waking up a man from a coma.

The American pika is being killed off by climate change

They may be the cutest animal in the country, but we're cooking the d'awww out of them.

Faraday Future's secret all-electric SUV spotted in Los Angeles

This seems like FF's response to Tesla's Model X.

How WiFi routers can be used to read lips, see through walls, identify people from a group or sniff keys

Router, we need to have a serious talk.

Endangered species need to wait 12 years on average for federal protection, six times more than mandated

This takes wait too long -- we need to make haste.

Proxima B is probably the closest planet to Earth we'll ever find, and it might be habitable too

Fire those blasters. We're going exploring!

An Israeli power plant worker might have found a hand grenade that the Crusaders used

It probably didn't go boom, but it's still an impressive find.

Letter signed by 154 Australian experts calls for the Land Down Under to step up its game

Policy and scientific fact don't match, and the researchers urge for change.

Physicists capture sneezing in slowmo, and this is actually important

Bless you!

Transportation takes lion share of carbon emissions in U.S. after 40 years -- both good and bad news

Basically, it's because coal is done and gone.

The first self-driving taxis are here -- and by "here" I mean Singapore

A small start-up brought self-driving taxies to the streets.

New Chinese mass-market Electric Vehicles (EV) startup got $1 billion in funding

Yet another Chinese EV startup joins the landscape -- but the valuation is ludicrous.

New study shows global warming was a long time coming

Scientists showed that consistent global warming started in the 1830s.

Scientists develop new, adorable class of soft robots

This cute, self-powered octopus-like robot could be a game changer.

Watching too much television linked with a distorted view of the justice system

When too much TV can be a crime.

Berkley's penny-per-ounce soda tax paid off, a new study reports

This could have significant fiscal and health benefits.

Brain scans of Zika infected babies suggest the outbreak is worse than we thought

The full extent of Zika is far from being known.

Spanish publisher wins rights to a manuscript no one can -- but everyone is dying to -- read

So it's like the opposite of a college textbook, then?

Scientists make DNA analog circuit that can add and substract

DNA is so versatile.

Scientists see thoughts - and addiction - forming in the brain

These truly are incredible times.

Scientists count microscopic particles without a microscope

Counting microscopic particles is hard, but researchers from Russia and Australia believe they've found a way to make it easier.

Italian earthquake kills at least 20, destroys entire town

Authorities and locals are searching for survivors.

China Unveils 2020 Mars Mission and Rover

The Chinese space program is taking huge strides forward.

Moderately good news: our ecological footprint doesn't grow as fast as our population

The bad news is that the footprint is increasing fastest in the areas with the greatest biodiversity.

Dog fertility has gone down significantly, and we're probably to blame

We might be the next to come.

Sea Shepherd will continue to disrupt Japanese whaling ships, despite the US ruling they shouldn't

Whales > Judges.

Antarctic 'living sensors' indicate global warming affecting ocean circulation

The consequences are not known at the moment.

NASA re-establishes contact with the STEREO-B spacecraft after 22 months

It just needed some space...

Why the first, tiny offshore wind farm in the U.S. is a huge step forward

These five turbines signal a change through out the country.

Stanford scientists map poverty... from outer space

Researchers have developed a method to identify impoverished areas using free information from satellite imagery.

At 1075 years old, this is Europe's oldest inhabitant

A Bosnian Pine from Greece has been dated to be at least 1075 years old, making it the oldest living thing in Europe.

You can now access all of NASA's science - for free

The entirety of its scientific work will be made public at no cost whatsoever.

Heavy marijuana users sleep worse, study finds

Many users believe that smoking cannabis helps with sleeping, but science says otherwise.

Archaeologists working in Kazakhstan uncover 3,000-year-old pyramid mausoleum

The mausoleum was likely built for a local king more than three millennia ago.

'Goldilocks area' not nearly enough for habitable planets - internal temperature is also important

A Yale University researcher claims that the so-called Goldilocks planetary area only tells half of the story.

Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world, study finds

The US lags behind all the developed world, and the situation in Texas is unmatched.

OpenAI will use Reddit and a new supercomputer to teach artificial intelligence how to speak

There's no "forum" in "AI" but Musk thinks there should be.

Zika infection kills brain cells in the adult mouse brain -- pandemic might be worse than thought

Zika got a whole lot scarier.