Holograms are so last year: team develops 3D images floating in thin air
Can't wait for this to be turned into a TV.
Astrochemists can now study stars’ magnetic fields using alcohol
Ah, alcohol. The basis of any sound science.
FDA shuts down nicotine addiction study over allegations of “cruel” treatment of animals
The monkeys used in the study will be sent to an animal sanctuary.
Ecotopia 2121 shows what perfectly eco-friendly cities would look like
It also has an 'evil sister' project!
Humans got a brain upgrade less than 200,000 years ago, and it made us what we are today
The brain changes and the skull follows.
Psychedelic mushrooms boost love for nature and dislike for authoritarianism, study suggests
The secret to fighting illiberalism may be to get everybody trippin'. Well, if it's for the greater good, I guess...
Our ignorance is much more deadly than our evil, despite what blockbuster movies show you
Another unrealistic apocalypse standard promoted by Hollywood.
Last year was the warmest humanity ever recorded without El Niño, NASA warns
2016 inches above it but only because of El Niño.
Space might be teeming with viruses that we’re not looking for, but we should
When the very large can't be found, maybe it's time to look for the very small.
The Sun is slowly losing mass as it ages, weakening its grip on the planets
Are you breaking up with us, Sun?!
The Pentagon is one huge pile of ancient bugs, but don’t start evacuating just yet
The same holds for a lot of other famous buildings.
Scottish supermarket hires bot, sacks him after only one week, says retail robots “unlikely”
Named Fabio, the robot made a definite impression with his colleagues.
It’s “make or break” for coral reefs, says the UN head of Environment
He says the shift away from coal and plastics is good news -- but we also need more action.
There’s still hope to stave off extinction for the smallest cat in the Americas, study shows
This small cat faces large issues.
Find a 2.2-pound-chunk of the Michigan meteorite and you can win $20,000
It's raining money. Incandescent, rocky money.
Oil slicks continue to grow in the East China Sea after tanker sank in the area
It does not look good.
Walk right in: Berlin’s transit authority and Adidas create unique, wearable shoe-passes
Only 500 pairs will be made.
Europe’s microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars
That's a lot of CO2.
The Universe’s densest stars have a maximum mass limit, researchers find
Stopping just shy of a black hole's density, neutron stars play a dangerous game.
One man pushed Bitcoin from $100 to over $1,000 a pop in two months’ time, new research reports
You have one chance to guess if he did it through fraud or not. (Hint: it was fraud).
SpaceX to test the world’s most powerful operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy, later today
This is what Elon Musk hopes will put men on Mars.
Chinese AI outperforms humans in language comprehension test — the first time a machine ever has
011010.... Oh, wait, carbon-based life-form, I meant "Hello".
Paper strips recovered from Blackbeard’s ship reveals pirates liked voyage stories — at least, stuffed in their guns
The real booty be knowledge ya landlubbers!
Research of snakes’ straight-line movement could power the rescue bots of the future
Yessss, thissss issss good resssssearch.
Cliffs of pure, blue water-ice spotted just below Mars’ surface
That's a lot of water.
Duo of neural networks get within a pixel of reading our mind and re-creating what’s there
Extremely cool, extremely worrying.
Meteorites carrying both water and organic compounds point to an ocean world “seeding life” in the universe
Why spread your seed across the Earth when you can spread it across space?
Fluffy robot duck plans to befriend and comfort children with cancer
...I want one too.
Scientists turn to the troubled streets of Gotham to understand community resilience
The city's imaginary but the science is very real.
Researchers close in on the reactions which fed the first life on Earth
Everyone's gotta eat!
Millenniums-old rock art in India could be humanity’s first record of a supernova
India was into astrophysics before it was cool.
What Curiosity found on Mars are probably just crystals — not fossils
This is likely not our first brush with alien life.
New eco-friendly AC uses only water to cool down air, saves on the energy bill to boot
And it will quench your thirst!
NASA readies to launch the first half of GOLD-ICON to understand Earth’s outer boundary
Who said NASA can't bling?!
Scientists engineer air-filled bacteria they can track wiggling inside you with sound
The plan is to use them to find tumors and other places of interest.
Smelling your partner’s shirt will reduce stress, but a stranger’s will wind you up more
Smell seems to be the easiest way to hack a brain.
The death knell already sounded for coral reefs, it’s time to save anything we can
The oceans will be the less without them.
Thailand’s going crazy over penis whitening, with over 100 customers queuing up every month
Oh, how modern technology spoils us.
Raw water is the latest 2018 craze — and it’s absolutely stupid
It like normal water, but worse. 40 $ please.
Chinese space station will come crashing down in March, but it probably won’t hit anyone
Doesn't hurt to stay under a roof while it happens, though.
Researchers measure the interior of two stars, find our models weren’t quite right
Not everything is as we believed in the core of these hot bodies.
Millennials demand perfection from themselves and each other, hurting their mental health
Strong societal pressure teaches younger generations that nothing less than perfection is acceptable.
Plants actively gauge their competition and switch strategies to one-up them
We all have to make ends meet. Even plants.
Regardless of culture or country, people make more babies during the holidays
Ehehehehehe. Happy holidays, everyone.
In the Pisces constellation, one star is busy devouring its own planetary offspring
Giving "family dinner" a whole new meaning.
Mitochondria in the brain changed by cocaine use — the findings could help us better fight addictions
Maybe other drugs have similar effects.
Chimps and children as young as six will try to witness antisocial behavior being punished
We're hardwired with compassion, but also ruthlessness.
Riches make your happiness about yourself, a tight budget makes it about others
Ironically, if you don't make enough € you probably have more pressing concerns than making art.
Human touch can feel molecule-thin differences, according to new study
Receptors in our ligaments, knuckles, wrist, elbow, and shoulder likely also play a part in our sense of touch.