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

Zika got a whole lot scarier.

Genetic sequencing used to unclothe Ötzi the Iceman's wardrobe

He wore a coat made from sheep and goat hides, but also a hat made from a bear's fur.

Giant zeppelin could change how we think about air transportation

Old tech to solve modern problems.

Polish scientist hides secret messages in rave music

The maddest DJ mixes Morse Code.

Sitting will still make you unhealthy, even though you exercise

Sitting -- killing you since kindergarten.

People are dumping goldfish into an Australian river and they're growing huge -- by destroying the ecosystem

Tank'em, don't dump'em.

Scientists make new opioid painkiller, without the nasty side effects

They started from scratch, using computational techniques to explore more than four trillion different chemical interactions.

Finland capital Helsinki starts driverless bus pilot

If you thought driverless cars are part of a distant past, think again.

White dwarf goes nova after a long slumber

Polish astronomers have captured an incredibly rare event from start to finish: a white dwarf going nova.

New dolphin species found in ... museum collection

Museum collections are riddled with valuable specimens.

Hands and digits evolved from fish fins, groundbreaking study proves

Our beloved hands are coded by the same genes that make fish fins.

Fish urine keeps corals healthy, but we're taking all the fish out of the water

Does this mean I have to pee in the pool now?

Relying too much on the Internet for fact finding could hurt your brain

Just like anything else, it needs constant exercise to stay in shape.

Tiny nanotech device purifies water in less than half an hour using the sun

Researchers went full blown MacGyver with this nanotech water purifier.

This app lets you buy leftover food from UK restaurants - and it's really cheap

Keeping food inside our bellies instead of the bin.

Oldest oceanic crust might have been part of the Tethys Ocean 340 million years ago

An ancient oceanic slab buried beneath the Mediterranean sea might revise textbooks.

Scientists find brain's generosity center

Scientists zoom in on your generosity, and it could help us understand psychopaths.

Mayans may have been better at math and astronomy than we thought

Anthropologists have shown that Mayan tablets of math and astronomy have been greatly underestimated.

NASA to install new ISS module for space taxis

Astronauts will be installing a new module on the ISS for space taxis.

What an amazing 104-year-old cyclist might teach us about aging and elite sports

Well this is embarassing for most of us.

Pesticides linked to massive bee die off, largest study of its kind confirms

Yet another study -- the most important so far -- finds that neonicotinoids likely wipe out bees.

China launches first quantum satellite making its communications unhackable

Teleporting quantum states might the future of communications, and China is leading the way.

By 2085 most cities in the world will be too hot to host Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games might one day take place with air conditioning.

First peer review paper on chemtrails finds exactly what you'd expect -- it's all pseudoscience

Of course, it could just be The Government covering up. Spooky stuff.

The last ten months were the hottest on record and July was the most blazing ever

We've become very cynical. "Hottest year? Doh!"

Pilot program aims to use drones to drop medical supplies in isolated areas

When you need medical supplies, you need them immediately and one startup promises to do it faster than anybody.

Is this the fifth fundamental force of nature? Physics might never be the same

Physics just got a whole lot more interesting.

What are abundant and sustainable fuels? “Folks, that's of course the fossil fuels,” says President of Koch-funded shill group

The Koch Brothers' rhetoric not only defies logic and facts, but the English language also.

A CEO's pay is enough to train all the company's laid-off coal miners for jobs in sustainable energy

The coal industry is tanking -- hundreds of thousands are getting fired, while execs are getting a raise. One startling study found how little it takes to retrain those laid-off.

Good fathers' testosterone level drops when expecting a baby

From horny freshmen to hugs and pacifiers, testosterone powers every man's relationships.

Dust-sized sensors might one day monitor brain nerves. No batteries required

Dust-sized sensors might one day sit on the forefront of the medicine of the future.

Coral bleaching has been captured on video for the first time

They don't seem to be having a good time.

California's highways will generate electricity from cars driving over them

California will harvest freeways for electricity.

Self-healing textiles means you don't have to throw away your torn jeans -- just add water

The self-healing fabrics could break down lethal toxins before they reach the skin.

Self-shading windows switch from transparent to opaque, no power required

Who needs curtains when you can flip a switch and insta-magically change your windows' opacity.

Over-consumption is more deadly to Earth's wildlife than climate change

We use so much of everything so fast that it's literally killing the planet.

Top chefs are using leftover food in Rio to feed the poor

Leftover food from the Olympic Village in Rio is being prepared by a group of international chefs and served to the poor.

Scotland just powered itself completely from wind power the entire day

High winds and a low demand on a Sunday allowed Scottish windmills to generate 106% of the country's electricity demand.

'Brain training' assisted by VR and an exoskeleton helps paraplegics regain control of limbs

Groundbreaking research changes the lives of paralyzed patients by helping them regain their senses.

Archaeological finding could confirm gruesome Greek legend

Archaeologists working on top of a Greek mountain have made a sinister discovery.

340-Year-Old Cheese Recovered From Shipwreck: ‘We think it’s cheese’

It's perhaps the stinkiest cheese in the world right now, after molding at the bottom of a shipwreck for centuries.

Paleontologists make gruesome finding about 300-million-year-old shark

A small tooth in a fecal sample confirms that the fierce predator ate its young.

New measurement of a proton leaves us with more questions than answers

We just can't seem to determine exactly how tiny they are.

How and where to watch the Perseids this year

The Perseids are taking place in this period, and this year promises to be an especially good one.

Two dwarf-galaxies have left the wilderness to join a galactic party

Drawn by gravity, a dwarf galaxy pair is leaving the void for a more crowded region of the universe.

Longest-living vertebrate is a 400-year-old Greenland Shark

A groundbreaking study found a giant lurking beneath the Arctic might be the oldest living vertebrate today.

Mesmerizing video shows how liquid nitrogen skates across gasoline

The simple pleasures in life.

Why sonar needs to adapt to new sound highways in the Arctic

Climate change is creating super corridors for sound waves beneath the Arctic.

Analysis reveals Donald Trump's angry tweets are his own, moderate ones are from staff

Social media analysis spots the real Trump twitting.

Orangutans can tell if a drink tastes good or bad just by looking at it -- once thought a 'human thing'

They're more than the simple animals we consider them to be.