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Some 600 years ago, a massive tsunami struck Sumatra -- in the same place as the 2004 tsunami

Lightning may not strike two times in the same place -- but tsunami sure does.

Humans started cooking and eating starch 120,000 years ago

Mankind has been cooking starches for a long, long time.

Researchers zoom in on 'lost' Doggerland settlement, find submerged forest

We're getting closer to one of archaeology's Holy Grails.

Wax, water, and heat: how leaves survive in extremely hot environments

Ever wondered how plants manage to survive in ungodly high temperatures?

Using an electric toothbrush is actually better, new study finds

Which kind of toothbrush do you use?

How much would you pay to eliminate child slavery from your cocoa?

Three percent, ten percent, forty-seven percent -- what's a reasonable price?

Birds also prefer fancier neighborhoods -- as long as there's enough green space

The "luxury effect" also propagates across animals.

Bitcoin's energy consumption is the same as a small country

Did you know that Bitcoin is a significant contributor to global warming?

Researchers develop recyclable films for food packaging

This is not only sustainable and recyclable but also cost-effective

Nitrate pollution in US tap water causes 12,500 cancers each year

Agricultural pollution causes a concerning number of cancers, a new study finds

Caught red-handed: emissions from ammonia fertilizer plants were 100 times higher than the industry’s self-reported estimate

This is bad.

This small change could cut halve your diet's environmental impact

You don't even need to become a vegetarian.

A grape variety used to produce wine today can be traced back 900 years to an ancestral plant

Who doesn't love a glass of wine?

The oldest known meteorite in the UK struck about 1.2 billion years ago

It's one of the oldest meteorite impacts ever discovered.

New study maps what the world is drinking

What are you drinking right now?

Not eating enough fruits and veggies kills millions of people every year

You should probably eat more fruits and vegetables.

New threat looms for snow leopards: infection

As if snow leopards didn't have enough to deal with.

The ocean has much more plastic than we thought

There's more plastic in the deep than there is on the surface.

New mathematical model describes the growth pattern of plant leaves

The beauty of math is embedded in nature.

Researchers want free, open-access science -- science publishers, not so much

Something needs to change in science publishing.

Sustainable, edible straws made from wild grass are zero-waste alternative

To make things even better, the straws are also edible.

Archaeologists discover ancient cereal rings in Austria

Prehistoric cereal rings? Sounds delicious!

Humans consume around 100,000 microplastics a year

It's not exactly clear what health effects this plastic has on human health.

Eggs might not be that bad for you after all, new study finds

Eggs are probably alright -- as long as you're healthy and don't eat too many saturated fats.

Acting out: mathematical model predicts the future of actors' careers

Being an actor isn't easy -- at least for 90% of those trying to make it.

Lab engineered meat? How about lab-grown insect meat?

Would you eat lab-grown insect meat?

Prehistoric stone tools were invented multiple times before becoming a staple

It was a crucial and defining moment in human evolution.

Simple meditation app can make people more attentive in less than two months, new study finds

An 'East meets West' success story.

Sea sponges can act like surveillance cameras for the oceans

Call it underwater CCTV.

Could machine learning be the next big thing in earthquake prediction?

The team found a direct correlation between seismic signals and physical movements on the sides of the fault.

Fossil Friday: a fossilized school of fish

A common fish behavior evolved at least 50 million years ago.

Pluto's volcanoes might spew out liquid water, new study finds

Talk about a surprising find!

Curiosity Rover finds clay cache on Mars -- potential sign of water

Curiosity is finding water beneath the ground -- and in the sky.

Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows

This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.

Why the SpaceX satellite fleet could spell major headaches for astronomers

It's an unexpected side effect of a useful plan.

A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe

This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.

Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate

What do you think about this idea?

Scientists figure out how turbulent fluids make order from chaos

It's a problem Richard Feynman also addressed.

For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like

Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.

Scientists in India find new type of viper -- and it looks stunning

A beautiful snake of which we know very little.

How to save the world -- a practical guide

A book you need to read.

The 'Age of Man' is upon us -- Anthropocene period close to becoming official

We are living in changing times.

Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.

Huge underwater eruption created giant volcano off the coast of Africa

This is one of the most exciting volcanic areas in the world.

This AI sounds just like Joe Rogan -- and the possibilities are disturbing

Impressive and scary at the same time. Brace yourself for a new era of fraud.

Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic

It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.

Karen Uhlenbeck officially receives the Abel Prize -- the first woman ever to do so

We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.

Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species

The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of impact we're having on the world.

It's official: soda tax offers "net good" to society

It really works.

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