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Yuletide is almost upon us! But what's 'Yule' anyway?

This will completely change your idea of Christmas.

Nature's €9,500 open-access trial is showing just how absurd scientific publishing has become

You can have your paper published and accessible for everyone to see, at the low low cost of $11,390.

Meet Islam's Da Vinci: Al-Biruni, father of geodesy, anthropology, and master of pharmacy

The greatest polymath of the Islamic world, a mind on par with Da Vinci -- and you've probably never heard of him.

How one eagle almost bankrupted a Russian scientific study

It's one long distance call researchers weren't happy to take.

Researchers publish the ultimate map of bee diversity, but there's still much we don't know

North America has by far the greatest bee diversity.

After Pfizer and Moderna, flurry of new coronavirus vaccines are almost ready

It's the most optimistic scenario we have for vaccine development.

'Blue ring nebula' turns out to be two colliding stars caught in the act

It lies 6,300 light-years away in the constellation Hercules. Now, we finally know its story.

Mobility scooters can help keep the elderly move around, but a policy review is in order

With electric scooters being increasingly popular in cities, it's worth also having a look at mobility scooters.

To truly understand the pandemic, you need to think about this number (and it's not R0)

R0 tells you how much people spread the disease on average. But averages don't tell you the whole picture.

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2026

After the moon, they also want to put one on Mars.

This simple image shows just how important cloth masks are in the pandemic

They say images are worth a thousand words. This one sure is.

Ancient Kraken hiding inside the Milky Way gets revealed by artificial intelligence

The Milky Way has intertwined with other galaxies multiple times. Now, astronomers have put the puzzle pieces together.

New coronavirus breather test gives the result instantly -- but it's not ready yet

According to the company which developed it, the test has 90% accuracy and gives the result in under a minute.

Ruins of 8th-century pagan temple found in Norway

The temple was built to honor deities like Thor and Odin.

The fashion environmental disaster no one is talking about

You're probably guilty too.

When privacy and health collide: the case of the pandemic

The pandemic may trigger long-lasting effects in privacy and data protection.

It kind of looks like the pandemic is changing how men pee

Guys, you may want to sit down for this one.

'Rivers' of air are cracking open the Antarctic -- for global warming, this is a problem

As the Antarctic continues to heat and melt, these processes can make it worse.

Scientists discover huge fossil lake under Greenland

The lake bed could be millions of years old, formed at a time when Greenland was still green.

It's official: McDonald's will release a veggie patty starting next year

The name was not a hit, but the idea sure was.

Urban seagulls know exactly when to strike to steal your food -- we have the GPS data to prove it

You think you're safe, but the gulls know where you are. They're watching.

This company's weird mission: turning moon dust into oxygen

To build a moon base, you first need oxygen.

Twinkle, twinkle, little ... moon? Jupiter's icy moon Europa glows in the dark, researchers find

As if Europa needed to get even cooler.

Out of love with love itself: Japanese singles are increasingly disinterested in dating

Lower-income and lower-education people seem to be most likely to be disenchanted by dating.

Everything is changing in the Arctic, animal mobility data shows

From the caribou to the eagles and the fish, all Arctic creatures are behaving differently -- and climate change is to blame.

Better than expected: Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine prevents 90% of infections

It's still just interim data, but it looks good.

Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by December, AstraZeneca says -- Australia already producing it

Although it might take longer than that to approve the vaccine, its development has been extremely fast.

China is violating the privacy of thousands of Australians and you could be next. Here's what you can do about it

The details of at least 35,000 Australians have been leaked to a Chinese company with links to the military.

5 Industries Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already disrupting

As AI continues its seemingly unstoppable march, it's changing industries in its wake.

Satire from South Park creators shows how eerily real deepfakes already are

It's like South Park but with real characters instead of animations. It's sassy -- sassy justice.

Taiwan just went 200 days without a single domestic coronavirus case

No other place has reached such a milestone.

Breastfeeding might help develop babies' brain, new study suggests

Yet another advantage to breastfeeding.

A medieval scribe curses a cat for peeing on his manuscript

Cats ruining things: a tale as old as time.

They took our jobs... but we're okay with it? AI-related job growth linked to improved social welfare

Well, this is unexpected.

Aerosol microdroplets aren't very good at carrying COVID-19, new laser study shows

The risk is real, but not very large, researchers say.

Another study connects COVID-19 to a lack of Vitamin D

80% of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency, a Spanish study found, compared to 40% for the general population

NASA finds water in cold traps on the moon -- and it could sustain a lunar base

The moon is much wetter than we thought -- not one, but two papers show it.

The pandemic winter wave is well and truly upon us

Winter is coming, and with it, the scenario epidemiologists were fearing: pandemic fatigue and a global surge of cases.

If all Americans wore masks, 130,000 lives could be saved

We're probably headed for a grim winter, a new study concludes. But there are ways to alleviate that.

These are the droids we're looking for: A new robot can assemble a pizza in under a minute

The aptly named PizzaBot 5000 can crank out pizzas all day long.

Dum dum badum dum: Google now lets you hum-search for songs -- and it actually works

Okay, how's this: nanana na na nana na nana? The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel, obviously.

Cat genome unveiled in unprecedented detail -- new treatments on the horizon

Among the findings, researchers report discovering a gene responsible for cat dwarfism.

This white paint cools rooftops below the surrounding temperature, even under direct sunlight

The paint reflects 95.5% of sunlight that reaches its surface, compared to 80-90% for commercial paints.

Millions and millions of Americans want police reform, new study shows

Discussing this type of opinion is not something researchers are eager to do -- but a new study shows a strong desire for change.

An American politician streamed Among Us on Twitch. She almost broke the viewership record

Over 430,000 simultaneous viewers tuned in to watch her play Among Us. Nothing sus about it.

Air pollution and neurological disorders go hand in hand -- and it's probably not a coincidence

Air pollution was associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for disorders, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other dementias.

To keep COVID-19 at bay in classrooms, open windows and use glass screens in front of desks

Classrooms had better keep the windows open.

We can now see ancient carbon dioxide levels with coral time machines

Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine... out of a coral?

Scientists unravel mysteries of unique Aussie spider silk

The silk of this spider is unique. Its properties have now been analyzed in a new study.

Gags and uproar at paleontology conference after profanity filter bans the word "bone" (and many others)

The overzealous filter also banned the worlds "pubic", "stream", "jerk", and ... 'beaver'.

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