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Literally Ouroboros: snake gets trapped in a circle of its own shedding skin

Visitors to the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, home to the largest reptile display in Central Australia, were stunned by the sight of a snake who spun in circles countless times in a ring made from its own skin.

This beauty is the world's newest shade of blue, and it could be revolutionary

Not only does it look gorgeous, but it also has many remarkable properties that could transform the way artists work.

Women scientists with feminine traits less likely to be judged as scientists

Can a woman without a lab coat still be a scientist?

In the U.S., Walkability Is a Premium Good

In America, walkable neighborhoods are a privilege of the rich and educated.

Zombie genes are turned on even days after an organism dies

Even days after we die, gene expression is still active.

India just launched 20 satellites in 26 minutes and made history

India's space agency is taking huge strides forward.

Tesla wants to buy the biggest solar company in the country and secure an unstoppable energy trident

Tesla Motors wants to buy SolarCity for $2.8 billion in stock-to-stock.

Hyperloop One and Russia sign deal to build an ultra-fast Silk Road

The short-term plan involves bringing the Hyperloop to Moscow and its 16 million citizens, but the long-term plan is even more ambitious...

Mother bears now use humans as shields to protect their cub

It's amazing to see how the bears can sense human patterns and use us. It's actually refreshing for a change.

Chameleons use super saliva 400 times stickier than human spit to capture prey

The secret lies in an ultra-sticky saliva that's 400 times more adhesive than human spit, a new study reveals.

Even a sandwich is enough to sway some doctors to prescribe certain brand medications

A controversial study that's sure to anger a lot of doctors found many physicians can be influenced to prescribe brand-name medication following free meals offered by the pharmaceutical companies.

Is brain training bogus? New study suggests this billion dollar industry only delivers placebos

This billion-dollar industry is based on highly glamorized studies which can only be classed as poor science.

How baby songbirds can tell us a thing or two about how we learn to speak

There may be a fine line between how baby birds learn to sing and humans learn to speak.

MIT makes an AI that can predict what the future looks and sounds like

Artificial intelligence is learning in seconds what took humans a lifetime to master.

Japanese macaques wash potatoes, ride deer and other human-like behavior. They're also in a lot of trouble

Sueur and Pelé have seen Japanese macaques washing potatoes, riding deer for transportation, taking hot-spring baths, handling stones, fighting with snowballs and many other things you'd class as "human". They've written a book about these amazing monkeys which will be out soon.

At least a third of Brits live with chronic pain

Scientists estimate that 43% of Brits now experience chronic pain or around 28 million people.

Strong 'electric wind' can strip entire planets of oceans and atmosphere

This is some scary stuff.

Crop improvements are just not keeping up with climate change

Things are about to get much worse.

'Holy grail' of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be in sight

This could be a game changer for women.

This is the world's first 1,000-processor chip

It works 100 times more efficiently than your laptop.

Watch 6,000 Years of Urbanization in 3 Minutes

A new study from Yale University mapped urban centers from 3700 B.C. to 2000 A.D. It's an amazing ride!

Researchers open hairy new chapter in 3-D printing

You just can't brush off this technology.

Future shoes: sizeless, lightweight, lace-free

A Japanese designer and an Italian shoemaker teamed up to create the shoes of the future.

Physical exercise after learning could improve long-term memory, study finds

Do your learning, take a break, and then work out.

This is the world's ugliest color, and it's being put to good use

A color with the appropriately dull name of Pantone 448C has been identified by researchers as the ugliest color in existence.

Scientists learn to decode prairie dog language - discover they've been talking about us

After studying prairie dogs for 25 years, one researcher believes he figured out what prairie dogs are communicating about. He believes that the animals are not only very efficient communicators, but they also have an eye for details. Gunnison’s prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is one of five species of the prairie dog. Their name is […]

Fossil Friday: Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, the single-fossil theropod

There's only one fossil of this dinosaur that we ever found -- and you're looking at it.

Planet Earth got hold of a new companion, and it's here to stay

Not much bigger than an apartment building, 2016 HO3 has been confirmed as Earth's newest satellite.

Young people today are overqualified, underemployed and struggling with debt

Higher qualifications, fewer jobs. What's happening?

700 year-old farming technique may revolutionize African farming and mitigate climate change

It's simple, easy, and they've been doing it for centuries!

How caves form and the different types of caves

Shaped by erosion, fire, or water, caves have some surprising but always beautiful births.

Gravitational waves spotted again by researchers

They may be more common than we thought.

These people felt what it's like to be invisible, and the implications could be massive for psychotherapy

What would you if you had the power of invisibility? It's possible in virtual reality. The sensations are as real as they get, though.

It's the end of big oil as we know it, report concludes

The golden age of black oil is ending says a new report

New game theory model explains why people help distant kin

Even though you shouldn't care about helping your third cousin from Wisconsin, chances have it you'll do. Now, there's a new game theory model that explains why this happens.

Keeping coffee in the fridge enhances its flavor, besides keeping it fresh

A new study found there are some added benefits to keeping the coffee in the fridge, which not even the best baristas know.

Fastest global emissions rate ever means CO2 levels will never fall below 400ppm in our lifetimes

2016 will go in history as the first year carbon emission stay above 400ppm all year round. I don't think anyone's proud about this.

Equation suggests other people's fortunes affects our happiness, and inequality makes us very unhappy

As if finding happiness wasn't complicated enough, we now have a multi-variable equation.

Organic molecule in deep space might be 'handy' in explaining the origin of life

Thousands of light years away, a two-handed molecule might help us unravel the secrets of life.

Children less likely to trust ugly people, study finds

Children judge a book by its cover.

Ancient bullets with holes inside were used as a weapon of terror by the Romans

As they whizzed past ramparts, the holed-bullets whistled, "or more accurately gave off a mechanical buzzing sound eerily reminiscent of an agitated wasp," archeologists said.

Laser technology reveals huge medieval cities hidden in Cambodian jungle

Who needs Indiana Jones?

This is the first mammal to be driven extinct by global warming

It was a cute rodent, off the northern coast of Australia, on an island by the Great Barrier Reef. Now it's gone, because of us.

You've been waiting all your life for this -- a device that literally cancels snoring

Aptly called the "Silent Partner", this device exploits the fundamental physics of pressure sound waves to render snoring mute.

Scientists find first rodent with human-like menstruation cycle

It's good news for us, but perhaps not good news for the rodents.

Elon Musk warns that settling Mars will be harsh, even deadly for the first colonists

Mars will be very safe and very comfortable one day. But first it's going to be harsh and unwelcoming.

Norway is now the world's leading whaling nation

Norway is killing more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.

Watch: the first short film written completely by an AI

It's surreal and it doesn't make much sense, but it's definitely intriguing.

Caffeine is essentially useless after three sleep-deprived nights

After only three nights of sleeping five hours or less, caffeine stops working.

Solar energy now cheaper than fossil fuels even without subsidies

You can only postpone the inevitable.