Antarctic ozone hole at its smallest recorded size ever
Who said size doesn't matter?
We’re one step closer to fully-functioning artificial blood vessels
Mice first, then humans.
Dumping coal-fired in favor of gas-fired plants would save the U.S. a lot of water — switching to renewables, a whole lot more
Burning things takes a lot of water.
Mashed potatoes are an ideal fuel for exercising, new study reports
Silly me, I thought they were the ideal fuel period.
Google’s Wing makes the first drone-borne delivery in the US
A milestone in e-commerce... and the imminent age of robot overlords.
Hubble spots our second interstellar visitor — a comet
"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."
What a century of physical exhaustion research has taught us
What doesn't kill you makes you swole.
3D-printed coral can help save reefs and the fish that live there
When life takes your corals away, print more.
Biodiversity is a linchpin of productive, resilient crops
In matters of the farm, diversity matters.
Monkeys are willing to try new solutions to problems, while humans stick to what they know — even if it’s less efficient
"Why don't you try using those opposable thumbs to fix it, huh, human?"
Mitochondria and Tesla battery packs work pretty much the same way, study reports
But will they claim copyright?
Whales blow bubbly nets to help them fish — and we have it on camera
God, they're cute.
The clap is making a comeback — as are syphilis and chlamydia
"She's got the clap" -- CDC.
Animal bones are the original canned food, research finds
"The bones were used as 'cans' that preserved the bone marrow."
Blank paper on ninja history wins top grades — it was written in invisible ink
The student wrote the paper using the ninja technique of "aburidashi -- and her professor loved it!
Wastewater analysis can reveal how wealthy, healthy, and well-fed you are
Like my grandma used to say, even kings uh, go to the toilet.
Researchers make neurons glow as they fire to record neural activity
Shine bright like ne-u-ron.
Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals
This study rocks.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to trio that created today’s lithium-ion batteries
Whenever you poke at your phone, hit the power button on your laptop, or start your Tesla, know that the...
The last mammoths lived on a remote island in the Arctic
They died-off suddenly -- but perhaps not dramatically.
Trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize for uncovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels
Oxygen keeps the world turning. Well not really, but it's important for cells.
Around one-fifth of all animal species are involved in legal or illegal trade
We're all being very productive here on Earth aren't we?
Lied-to children more likely to grow up as lying, ill-adjusted adults
Ahh, lies... just like mama used to make 'em.
People with anxiety disorders worry about not being worried
It's like the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?
Pixelated images showcase how close these species are to extinction
You'll have to squint.
New gel-like material can stop wildfires for months at a time
Wildfire-B-Gone!
Better sleep makes for better grades, MIT reports
With sleep, "when" is as important as "for how long".
Musk unveils SpaceX’s Starship on livestream
We musk spread the word!
New, synthetic Chikungunya vaccine points the way to an end of epidemics
If you want something done right, synthesize it yourself.
The million-mile battery promised by Tesla is here
Elon Musk promised a battery that could take an e-vehicle a million miles and last for years at a time....
We’ve significantly changed the Great Barrier Reef over the last century
"Most studies are only a few decades in length — this one is just short of 100 years of study."
Tiny, ancient, animal-shaped pots were likely the first baby bottles
Tea, plastic-flavored.
NASA releases beautiful new animation of a black hole
It's a space-time-bender!
“Wave of maturation” prepares our brains for adolescence
Ew, teenagers.
Scotland will probably reach 100% renewable energy goal ‘soon’
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Researchers sequence DNA of coral and their associated organisms
They may be small, but they're far from inconsequential.
Great Lakes sediments show high levels of microplastic contamination
Plastics are one of the most widespread contaminants on Earth -- and every bit of it was made by humans.
Newly-discovered bee species in Fiji are already thretened
Our good work precedes us!
New study points the way to rice straw soaps
Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.
What is biodiversity
Diversity, 100% biological.
The recent heatwave in Europe between 1.5 to 3.0 °C hotter due to man-made climate heating
Things definitely heated up.
Greenland set to accelerate sea level change in the near future
Investment idea: pool air mattresses.