“Exceptional” mammoth skeleton sold for over half a million dollars in France
He's fat AND big boned. Well, was. Now he's just big boned.
Old-growth forests offer safe haven to bird species struggling with climate change
They're really nice cool places for raising baby birds -- or fo rest!
Functional hydrogen-boron fusion could be here “within the next decade”, powered by huge lasers
Stable fusion is the holy grail of energy production.
Fracking linked to low-weight, less healthy babies
Run for the hills! Or at least 2 miles away, as that seems to be the 'danger radius'.
Shatter-proof smartphones are one step closer as researchers tame glass on the atomic level
Rejoice, ye clumsy-fingered!
Jupiter is still a ridiculously beautiful place judging from Juno’s pics, and here’s how it does it
A dash of chemistry, a stroke of physics, all mixed in with behemothian mass.
Human-use anesthetics also knock out plants, weirdly, teaching us a lot about such drugs
It's funny to realize that we've been using anesthetics for at least a century now, but we still don't *really*...
Ancient amber reveals that ticks dined on feathered dinosaurs, too
No respite from the bite.
Ancient tomb filled with stunning, pillaged bronze vessels, found in China
Ever seen a wine bottle shaped like a deer?
Right whales face extinction if humans don’t intervene fast, NOAA researchers warn
The ocean will be less without them.
The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Big differences hide in tiny things.
Wildfires roar through Southern Cali as NASA and ESA satellites watch, powerless to intervene
Immense devastation has been wrought upon California this year.
World’s oldest eye found in a fossil in Estonia is very similar to today’s eyes
Not much has changed for the eye.
Google’s AlphaZero surpassed the sum of human chess knowledge — in 4 hours
Feeling outdated yet?
Biology can help patch the flaws in our robots, metastudy reports
Life to the rescue!
First all-electric cargo ship built in China will start its career drenched in irony
Cool achievement, ignoble task.
Europa’s tectonics might be powered by salt, could sustain life on the moon
Different causes, same effect.
Drones to offer faster, cheaper monitoring of Antarctica’s ecosystems
Their job will be to take pictures of fat seals and I'm so, so envious.
Recurring nightmares likely stem from unfulfilled basic psychological needs
Everyone needs to cope -- even brains.
With Flink, researchers will be able to 3D print living minifactories
Ever needed a tiny, living factory? Of course you did, you just didn't know it.
Rising seas risk washing tens of thousands archaeological sites clean off the map in the US alone
Children in the future will have a much soggier view of their roots.
DNA just got a major update, with readable synthetic nucleotides
Half-synthetic life isn't sci-fi any longer.
What was the Indus Valley Civilization: the forgotten superpower of the ancient world
One of the most advanced civilizations on Earth at its time, the Harappans tragically never made it out of Antiquity.
UK archaeologists unearth “nationally important” collection of Iron Age artifacts
Among the most intriguing findings are a group of (likely ceremonial) cauldrons that show signs of long-term use and repair.
Artificial origami-inspired muscle can lift up to 1,000 times its own weight
When researchers from Harvard and MIT work together on something, it's probably going to be awesome. Case in point.
Swedish company builds food-laden ‘Plantscaper’ to feed the cities of the future
A skyscraper filled with food? Sign me up!
Brexit was fueled by xenofobia and a desire to dominate others in society, new paper reports
It's disturbingly reminiscent of "sentiments stirred by the Nazis in Germany."
US brewery wants to make beer on Mars — so they’re space-testing barley seeds next week
How do you go 'bottoms up' when there's no 'up' in space?!
“Ecological air conditioning” keeps species cool for now, but it won’t last
Bad news. Bad, bad news.
“Felting” carbon nanotubes could finally allow us to use the wonder-material at large
Carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials humanity is looking into today -- problem is, they tend to...
This startup plans to end rhino poaching by counterfeiting illegal goods — and it could work
3D printed fake horns could drive the poachers out of a job.
Neandethals in Spain outlived their kin by thousands of years thanks to a big river and an Italian volcano
The research suggests that human interbreeding was more of a 'step-by-step' event.
Chimps get grossed out too, pointing to the origins of disgust in humans
Nobody seems to like touching moist, soft stuff.
How much you’d pay for something depends on what prices you’ve seen recently
Well, that and how broke you are.
Huge treasure of medieval silver and gold unearthed at the Cluny Abbey, France
Somebody was absolutely minted back in medieval France!
NASA releases atmospheric simulation of this year’s hurricane season
Cool and pretty at the same time!? NASA gets the best things!
4,000 year-old clay prenup mentions surrogate mothers and divorce taxes
The more things change the more they stay the same.
BMW pledges to 100% renewable power by 2020, at COP23
BMW is going green-er!
Why does hot water freezes faster than cold water? Enter the Mpemba effect
Physics, the original troll.
London put its most important Roman ruins back underground to make an innovative museum
First discovered in a bomb crater, the Mithraeum has had a long journey back underground.
At climate talks, Canada steps up while the US steps down
There's no such thing as clean coal.
Humanity gets its second Warning: We’re crippling the planet
We need to take corrective measures fast or we risk losing the only home we've ever known.
Ancient Egyptians likely made their inks with soot from ores, X-ray analysis reveals
They kept this method for 300 to 400 years.
Mushrooms are ‘the richest source’ antioxidants that fight age-related diseases
For once, something that tastes good is actually healthy for you.