We’re trusting a lot of fake news because we’re abysmal at weeding it out, study finds
Two articles on fake news in one day?! Yes, we do spoil you.
Why the Weather Channel’s reply to Breibart only works in the latter’s favour
Don't feed the trolls.
Cosmic dust identified on cities’ rooftops for the first time in history
Space -- a pretty dusty place.
Sea slugs can’t remember their dreams — and here’s why you can’t, either
At least we have notebooks to write them down. Sea slugs? Not so much.
Time to update the Paleo Diet — it was heavy on plants and veggies, archaeologists found
Best enjoyed with a stone fork from a bark plate.
There are 30 trillion tons of human-made stuff all over the planet
And it's called the technosphere.
The U.S. public doesn’t trust scientists over GMO foods, Pew report says
More like GMOhno!
First edition of Newton’s Principia is on auction, poised to become most expensive copy of the book
One of the most important works in human history.
NASA plans to build robots that explore frozen worlds from metallic glass so they don’t shatter
"Cold enough to shatter robots" is pretty cold in my book.
Russian-launched Progress resupply module crashes on-route to the ISS
Nobody was hurt and no one is starving but it's never fun when this happens.
Highest-living plant discovered more than 6km above sea level in the Himalayas
Hardy little things too.
Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City to ban all diesels by 2025, mayors announce
Maybe VW shouldn't have cheated on their emissions tests.
New high-tech shelter reminds us that Chernobyl is still deadly, thirty years after the meltdown
The new one is much better than the last one though.
That ATM keyboard you’ve touched earlier is covered in germs from all over town
Tap, tap, microbe map.
Chromosomes turn out to be half genes, half mysterious coating
That's a lot of coat.
Bendy artificial muscle is made of pure nylon, still stronger than you
Even nylon is getting ripped and I still won't hit the gym.
That urge to complete other people’s sentences? Turns out the brain has its own Auto Correct
In the hippocampus -- which is weird, because we didn't think it had anything to do with talking.
Scientists coax bacteria towards silicon-based life
Silly bacteria, carbon-based life is best life!
Evidence of water 1,000 kilometers under the surface found locked inside a diamond
Water isn't only skin deep.
NASA tells us which plants to buy for cleaner air — in 100% infographic format
Plants > Chemicals.
Homeopathic products will be labeled as bogus unless there’s scientific proof that they work
Maybe they'll wiggle out of it by printing with ink diluted 1000 times to make it more effective.
NIH isolates new antibody which neutralizes 98% of HIV strains in lab trials
We're getting closer to a cure.
Experiment proves beyond a doubt that Goffin’s cockatoos deliberately craft and use tools
Maybe change their name to cockatools now?
Ancient autism: 100,000 years ago, people with autism were championed and may even have shaped human evolution
Their unique skills provided a huge advantage to the groups who embraced them.
Construction workers discover fossil of bird-like dinosaurs, one of the last species to appear before the extinction
They named it the Mud Dragon.
Historic U.S. court ruling says stable climate is a fundamental right, okays bunch of kids to sue the federal government
Changing things from the ground up.
UK red squirrels found to be leprosy bacteria carrier in new study
You're pretty safe unless one coughs on you.
Male chimpanzees take an active interest in their offspring’s well-being, suggests early humans did the same
Up to now, we didn't even think they knew which were theirs.
Rats tickled past squeaking point to identify the brain’s “tickle center”
Their videos should used to identify my brain's "awww" center.
The ZME Diaries: #COP22 — The heart of COP
A look at what likely is the liveliest part of the conference.
NASA’s morphing wing will make airplanes smoother, more efficient
Taking a cue from nature.
WMO’s “Global Climate in 2011-2015” report published, proves we need to act now
Hot, droughty, floody, deadly.
Atomic-sandwich material could make computers 100 times more energy efficient
Don't need a calculator to know that's a lot.
China’s new Five Year Plan calls for environmental protection, more clean energy
China has been making great progress, but there's still a ways to go.
Study looks at what makes some song stick in your head, while others don’t
Don't read this if you're not in the mood to sing to yourself. Seriously.
Cooking nuclear waste into glass and ceramic materials could provide safe, efficient containment
Vitrification is the way to go.
Smoking one pack a day causes your lung cells’ DNA to mutate 150 times every year
It's not just your lungs either.
Russian scientists stumble upon secret Nazi base in the Arctic
They did Nazi that coming.
New method developed to create biocrude oil from wastewater
From your toilet to the gas tank.
ClientEarth vs UK Gov. verdict announced, officials have to tackle the problem
Their previous plans to clean the air were ruled to fall illegally short of the mark.
Wild cats’ brains evolve to a different tune than those of primates, study finds
Same organ, different needs.
A new model to explain the Moon’s weird orbit suggests a much more violent genesis
It doesn't answer everything -- but it's a good point to start from.
New thought framework could help psychologists understand mental illness
All that day-dreaming might be working in your favor.
Southern Europe might become a desert by 2100, which is really bad news
The paper's authors think it unlikely that we'll be able to prevent it.
Arousal makes us more confident in what we perceive, study finds
Stressed, excited, or scared -- our brain kicks perception up a notch when we're aroused.
Support gets you to start working out but competition powers you to the end, study finds
Some pretty impressive results for team competition.