A history of how computers went from stealing your heart, to stealing your job
They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.
Hewlett Packard supercomputer to be delivered to the ISS next Monday
Time to dust off that old Skyrim dvd.
Massive caves in southern Brazil are actually ancient ground sloth burrows
Some are big enough to drive a car through.
Researchers identify anti-hallucination system in our brains
Too bad we don't have one for use against pseudoscience.
Chimpanzees can master circular relationships, rock-paper-scissors about as fast as a 4-year-old
Ah, R-P-S. The only civilized way of deciding who has to go to the store.
Scientists poke at the root of our need for personal space — using fruit flies
Dopamine seems to be the key.
Tiny, fossilized ape skull brings us closer to the common human-ape ancestor, fuels debate over humanity’s place of birth
Not bad for such a small thing.
People find robots that make mistakes more likable, more intelligent
If only I was a robot :(.
Excessive use of dental fixture cream leaves UK man without use of his legs
Always use drugs as per instructions!
Dinosaur discovered in Patagonia back in 2012 is the biggest animal to ever walk the Earth
He was probably a gentle giant. Accent on giant.
Loneliness might become a deadlier public health threat than obesity, researchers warn
Quality relationships can actually make you live longer. And better.
Air pollution wrecks our DNA, makes us more susceptible to heart failure
If you're expecting, taking some time to visit some more pristine areas of the world might do wonders to your...
Modern humans might’ve killed off the Neanderthals by eating all the mammoth
Dibs on the last slice.
We’re made of stardust, but heavier elements are made of black-hole-and-neutron-star dust
It's not a contest uranium, jeez.
By 2100, hundreds of thousands of EU nationals will bake to death each year with only 3 degrees global warming
Things are heating up all over the world.
EPA’s Office of Water director resigns to protest Trump’s choke-hold of the agency
Budget cuts, operational shackling, and having to deal with Pruitt would be enough to make any man resign.
The 2017 Earth Overshoot day is here almost a week earlier than last year
That's, ugh, not good.
Conditions on early-Venus might have allowed for an ocean of liquid water
Well, they don't anymore.
Appetite of Amazonian cities impact wildlife up to 1,000 km away
Lots of mouths to feed.
Chronic cannabis use seems to “blunt” our stress reactivity, paper reports
That's not necessarily a good thing, however.
Norway plans to launch the world’s first autonomous, fully electric ship next year
Such a shippy development!
World’s first blue chrysanthemums are lab-engineered but look really pretty
More like GMawwww's.
A lost race of hominids left their legacy in the saliva of Sub-Saharan populations
Unlikely discoveries hide in unlikely places.
Neolithic cattle farmers were much more specialized than you’d think
They weren't simple savages.
The United States slides towards measles epidemics (again) because people don’t vaccinate
Non-medical exemptions and widespread misinformation are to blame.
The Grand Finale: NASA plans to see Cassini off with a trail of fire as it crashes into Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft will get a burial place fit for such a long-trekked explorer: Saturn.
Bubble physics can explain why dialects appear and how they evolve
It's a bubble-eats-bubble world out there.
DARPA awards $65 million to make CRISPR safer, more efficient
Money well spent!
Researchers will drill into one of Earth’s youngest islands to understand how land forms
It's not even at retirement age yet.
Blogger submits glaringly fake ‘Midichlorian’ paper to nine journals, three publish it for free, fourth asks for cash
May the odds forever be in your favor, researchers.
First operational laser weapon set to safeguard US ships from menacing drones
Blowing stuff up at the speed of light.
France’s import of brainpower will likely make it a nexus of climate science
Make the planet great again!
Boiling-acid-proof virus’ outer shell structure could inspire better medication, sturdier buildings
Not bad for such a small thing.
Second gene-silencing mechanism found, could lead to viable clones and safer in vitro
It's gotta be pretty important if it has a back-up system in place.
A single ‘letter’ difference in their DNA made some whales huge, others sleek and predatory
That's one really dramatic typo.
Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating — literally
Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.
Otzi’s copper axe offers hints of ‘extensive trade networks’ in Italy 5,300 years ago
This would make it one of the earliest organized trade networks in the area.
Too much hair, or too little? There’s a single mechanism that causes both and we could fix it with meds
And in the future we should be able to control it with a pill.
Give Elon 10,000 sq miles and he’ll give you a fully solar-powered US
Sounds like a deal.
What is petroleum, and where does it come from?
You gotta crack some plankton to make crude oil.
One in five bots sharing fake news during France’s presidential election were also involved in the United States’
Oh my, now isn't this a very strange coincidence?
What is pasteurization, and how does it keep milk fresh for 9 months at a time?
What wizardry is this!? Find out here.
Extremely high doses of vitamin D help with sunburns, reduce inflammation, heal skin cells
By 'extremely high' I mean 100-500 times the daily recommended dose.